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 #### <a name="schemaObject"></a>Schema Object
 
-The Schema Object allows the definition of input and output data types. These types can be objects, but also primitives and arrays. This object is a superset of the [JSON Schema Specification Draft 2019-09](http://json-schema.org/).
+The Schema Object allows the definition of input and output data types.
+These types can be objects, but also primitives and arrays. This object is a superset of the [JSON Schema Specification Draft 2019-09](http://json-schema.org/).
 
 For more information about the properties, see [JSON Schema Core](https://json-schema.org/draft/2019-09/json-schema-core.html) and [JSON Schema Validation](https://json-schema.org/draft/2019-09/json-schema-validation.html).
 
-Unless stated otherwise, the property definitions follow the JSON Schema.
+Unless stated otherwise, the property definitions follow those of JSON Schema and do not add any additional semantics.
+Where JSON Schema indicates that behavior is defined by the application (e.g. for annotations), OAS also defers the definition of semantics to the application consuming the OpenAPI document.
 
 ##### Properties