diff --git a/.github/workflows/validate-examples.yaml b/.github/workflows/validate-examples.yaml
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+name: validate-examples
+
+# Author: @MikeRalphson
+# Issue: https://github.com/OAI/OpenAPI-Specification/issues/1739
+
+#
+# This workflow validates files in the examples/v2 and /v3 directories
+#
+
+# run this on push to any branch and creation of pull-requests
+on: [push, pull_request]
+
+jobs:
+  validate-examples:
+
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v1 # checkout repo content
+    - uses: actions/setup-node@v1 # setup Node.js
+      with:
+        node-version: '12.x'
+    - name: Install dependencies
+      run: npm i
+    - name: Validate examples
+      run: node scripts/validateExamples/index.js
+
diff --git a/.github/workflows/validate-schemas.yaml b/.github/workflows/validate-schemas.yaml
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+name: validate-schemas
+
+# Author: @MikeRalphson
+# Issue: https://github.com/OAI/OpenAPI-Specification/issues/1739
+
+#
+# This workflow validates files in the schemas directory against their
+# appropriate meta-schemas
+#
+
+# run this on push to any branch and creation of pull-requests
+on: [push, pull_request]
+
+jobs:
+  mdv:
+
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v1 # checkout repo content
+    - uses: actions/setup-node@v1 # setup Node.js
+      with:
+        node-version: '12.x'
+    - name: Install dependencies
+      run: npm i
+    - name: Validate schemas
+      run: |
+        node scripts/validateSchema/index.js schemas/v1.2/apiDeclaration.json schemas/jsonSchema/draft-04/metaschema.json
+        node scripts/validateSchema/index.js schemas/v2.0/schema.json schemas/jsonSchema/draft-04/metaschema.json
+        node scripts/validateSchema/index.js schemas/v3.0/schema.yaml schemas/jsonSchema/draft-04/metaschema.json
+
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 2b7d19e525..36416c42b6 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -19,7 +19,10 @@
   ],
   "dependencies": {},
   "devDependencies": {
-    "mdv": "^1.0.7"
+    "jsonschema": "^1.2.4",
+    "mdv": "^1.0.7",
+    "node-readfiles": "^0.2.0",
+    "yaml": "^1.7.2"
   },
   "keywords": [
     "OpenAPI",
diff --git a/schemas/jsonSchema/draft-04/metaschema.json b/schemas/jsonSchema/draft-04/metaschema.json
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index 0000000000..bcbb84743e
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+++ b/schemas/jsonSchema/draft-04/metaschema.json
@@ -0,0 +1,149 @@
+{
+    "id": "http://json-schema.org/draft-04/schema#",
+    "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-04/schema#",
+    "description": "Core schema meta-schema",
+    "definitions": {
+        "schemaArray": {
+            "type": "array",
+            "minItems": 1,
+            "items": { "$ref": "#" }
+        },
+        "positiveInteger": {
+            "type": "integer",
+            "minimum": 0
+        },
+        "positiveIntegerDefault0": {
+            "allOf": [ { "$ref": "#/definitions/positiveInteger" }, { "default": 0 } ]
+        },
+        "simpleTypes": {
+            "enum": [ "array", "boolean", "integer", "null", "number", "object", "string" ]
+        },
+        "stringArray": {
+            "type": "array",
+            "items": { "type": "string" },
+            "minItems": 1,
+            "uniqueItems": true
+        }
+    },
+    "type": "object",
+    "properties": {
+        "id": {
+            "type": "string"
+        },
+        "$schema": {
+            "type": "string"
+        },
+        "title": {
+            "type": "string"
+        },
+        "description": {
+            "type": "string"
+        },
+        "default": {},
+        "multipleOf": {
+            "type": "number",
+            "minimum": 0,
+            "exclusiveMinimum": true
+        },
+        "maximum": {
+            "type": "number"
+        },
+        "exclusiveMaximum": {
+            "type": "boolean",
+            "default": false
+        },
+        "minimum": {
+            "type": "number"
+        },
+        "exclusiveMinimum": {
+            "type": "boolean",
+            "default": false
+        },
+        "maxLength": { "$ref": "#/definitions/positiveInteger" },
+        "minLength": { "$ref": "#/definitions/positiveIntegerDefault0" },
+        "pattern": {
+            "type": "string",
+            "format": "regex"
+        },
+        "additionalItems": {
+            "anyOf": [
+                { "type": "boolean" },
+                { "$ref": "#" }
+            ],
+            "default": {}
+        },
+        "items": {
+            "anyOf": [
+                { "$ref": "#" },
+                { "$ref": "#/definitions/schemaArray" }
+            ],
+            "default": {}
+        },
+        "maxItems": { "$ref": "#/definitions/positiveInteger" },
+        "minItems": { "$ref": "#/definitions/positiveIntegerDefault0" },
+        "uniqueItems": {
+            "type": "boolean",
+            "default": false
+        },
+        "maxProperties": { "$ref": "#/definitions/positiveInteger" },
+        "minProperties": { "$ref": "#/definitions/positiveIntegerDefault0" },
+        "required": { "$ref": "#/definitions/stringArray" },
+        "additionalProperties": {
+            "anyOf": [
+                { "type": "boolean" },
+                { "$ref": "#" }
+            ],
+            "default": {}
+        },
+        "definitions": {
+            "type": "object",
+            "additionalProperties": { "$ref": "#" },
+            "default": {}
+        },
+        "properties": {
+            "type": "object",
+            "additionalProperties": { "$ref": "#" },
+            "default": {}
+        },
+        "patternProperties": {
+            "type": "object",
+            "additionalProperties": { "$ref": "#" },
+            "default": {}
+        },
+        "dependencies": {
+            "type": "object",
+            "additionalProperties": {
+                "anyOf": [
+                    { "$ref": "#" },
+                    { "$ref": "#/definitions/stringArray" }
+                ]
+            }
+        },
+        "enum": {
+            "type": "array",
+            "minItems": 1,
+            "uniqueItems": true
+        },
+        "type": {
+            "anyOf": [
+                { "$ref": "#/definitions/simpleTypes" },
+                {
+                    "type": "array",
+                    "items": { "$ref": "#/definitions/simpleTypes" },
+                    "minItems": 1,
+                    "uniqueItems": true
+                }
+            ]
+        },
+        "format": { "type": "string" },
+        "allOf": { "$ref": "#/definitions/schemaArray" },
+        "anyOf": { "$ref": "#/definitions/schemaArray" },
+        "oneOf": { "$ref": "#/definitions/schemaArray" },
+        "not": { "$ref": "#" }
+    },
+    "dependencies": {
+        "exclusiveMaximum": [ "maximum" ],
+        "exclusiveMinimum": [ "minimum" ]
+    },
+    "default": {}
+}
diff --git a/scripts/validateExamples/index.js b/scripts/validateExamples/index.js
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+++ b/scripts/validateExamples/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+'use strict';
+
+const fs = require('fs');
+const util = require('util');
+
+const yaml = require('yaml');
+const rf = require('node-readfiles');
+const jsonschema = require('jsonschema').Validator;
+const options = { };
+const validator = new jsonschema(options);
+
+const schema = {};
+schema["v2.0"] = yaml.parse(fs.readFileSync('./schemas/v2.0/schema.json','utf8'));
+schema.draft4 = yaml.parse(fs.readFileSync('./schemas/jsonSchema/draft-04/metaschema.json','utf8'));
+schema["v3.0"] = yaml.parse(fs.readFileSync('./schemas/v3.0/schema.yaml','utf8'));
+
+validator.addSchema(schema.draft4);
+
+async function main(path,schema,propName) {
+    return new Promise(async function(resolve,reject){
+        let files = await rf(path, { readContents: false, filenameFormat: rf.FULL_PATH });
+        files = files.sort();
+        for (let file of files) {
+            const contentStr = fs.readFileSync(file,'utf8');
+            let contentObj;
+            try {
+                contentObj = yaml.parse(contentStr,{prettyErrors:true});
+            }
+            catch (ex) {
+                process.exitCode = 1;
+                console.warn(file,ex.message);
+            }
+            if (contentObj && contentObj[propName]) {
+                console.log('Validating',file);
+                try {
+                    const result = await validator.validate(contentObj,schema);
+                    if (result.errors && result.errors.length) {
+                        process.exitCode = 1;
+                        console.warn(file,util.inspect(result.errors));
+                    }
+                }
+                catch (ex) {
+                    process.exitCode = 1;
+                    console.warn(file,ex.message);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        resolve(files);
+    });
+}
+
+async function validateExamples(){
+  await main('./examples/v2.0/',schema["v2.0"],'swagger');
+  await main('./examples/v3.0/',schema["v3.0"],'openapi');
+}
+
+validateExamples();
diff --git a/scripts/validateSchema/index.js b/scripts/validateSchema/index.js
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+++ b/scripts/validateSchema/index.js
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+#!/usr/bin/env node
+'use strict';
+
+const fs = require('fs');
+const util = require('util');
+
+const yaml = require('yaml');
+const jsonschema = require('jsonschema').Validator;
+const options = { base: process.argv[2] };
+const validator = new jsonschema(options);
+
+const schema = yaml.parse(fs.readFileSync(process.argv[2],'utf8'));
+const metaSchema = yaml.parse(fs.readFileSync(process.argv[3],'utf8'));
+
+console.log('Checking',process.argv[2]);
+
+const result = validator.validate(schema, metaSchema);
+
+if (result.errors.length) {
+  console.warn(util.inspect(result.errors));
+  process.exit(1);
+}
+else {
+  console.log('OK');
+}
+