diff --git a/.github/workflows/validate_package_schema.yml b/.github/workflows/validate_package_schema.yml
index c4d44051..fcab3cb3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/validate_package_schema.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/validate_package_schema.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: TIDES-transit/json-schema-validator@master
         with:
           token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          json_schema: spec/tides-data-package.json
+          json_schema: spec/tides-datapackage-profile.json
           json_path_pattern: ^spec/tides\.spec\.json$
           send_comment: false
           clear_comments: false
diff --git a/.github/workflows/validate_samples.yml b/.github/workflows/validate_samples.yml
index 6e05dc2e..0e77c164 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/validate_samples.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/validate_samples.yml
@@ -29,31 +29,47 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           pwd
           samples=$(find ./samples -type d -name 'TIDES')
-          echo "{name}={value}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo $samples
+          echo "samples=${samples}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
       - name: Validate Sample Data
         id: validation
         run: |
           samples=(${{ steps.sample_folders.outputs.samples }})
-          results=""
+          results="{\"values\": ["
+          result=""
           for sample in "${samples[@]}"; do
-            result=$(frictionless validate --schema-sync "$sample/datapackage.json" --json)
-            results+="$result\n"
+            results+="$result"
+            result=$(frictionless validate --schema-sync "${sample}/datapackage.json" --json) || true
+            result="${result//\'s/}"
+            result="${result//\\\"/\\\\\"}"
+            result="$result,"
           done
-          echo "{name}=${results}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+          result="${result%?}"
+          results+="$result"
+          results+="]}"
+
+          echo "RESULTS<<EOF" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo ${results} >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "EOF" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
       - name: Comment on PR
         if: github.event_name == 'pull_request'
         uses: actions/github-script@v4
         with:
           github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           script: |
-            const samples = '${{ env.samples }}'.trim().split('\n');
-            const results = '${{ env.results }}'.trim().split('\n');
+            console.log("Begin sample construction")
+            const samples = '${{ steps.sample_folders.outputs.samples }}'.split('\n');
+            const results = JSON.parse('${{ steps.validation.outputs.results }}');
             let comment = `**Data Validation Report**\n\n`;
             comment += '| Sample | Status |\n';
             comment += '| ------ | ------ |\n';
+            console.log("Constructed header")
             for (let i = 0; i < samples.length; i++) {
+              console.log(samples[i])
+              console.log(results[i])
               const sample = samples[i];
-              const result = JSON.parse(results[i]);
+              const result = results.values[i];
               let status = '';
               if (result.valid) {
                 status = ':heavy_check_mark:';
diff --git a/.github/workflows/validate_table_schemas.yml b/.github/workflows/validate_table_schemas.yml
index f64da12b..d65e1942 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/validate_table_schemas.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/validate_table_schemas.yml
@@ -21,4 +21,4 @@ jobs:
           json_schema: spec/table-schema.json
           json_path_pattern: ^spec/.*\.schema\.json$
           send_comment: false
-          clear_comments: false
\ No newline at end of file
+          clear_comments: false
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 785c6026..7047c7d2 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -34,9 +34,10 @@ By making any contribution to the projects, contributors self-certify to the [Co
 
 1. [Create a branch](https://docs.github.com/en/pull-requests/collaborating-with-pull-requests/proposing-changes-to-your-work-with-pull-requests/creating-and-deleting-branches-within-your-repository) to work on a new issue (or checkout an existing one where the issue is being worked on).  
 2. Make your changes.
-3. Run `/tests/test_all` script to check and fix formatting, validate schemas, and build documentation locally to preview
-4. [Commit](#commits) your work in `git`
-5. `push` your changes to Github and submit a [`pull request`](#pull-requests)
+3. Run `tests/test_local_spec` script to check and fix formatting, validate profile and schemas with frictionless and with each other, and confirm that documentation can be built locally.
+4. Run `tests/test_samples_to_local` script to check if samples conform to any changes to the spec.
+5. [Commit](#commits) your work in `git`
+6. `push` your changes to Github and submit a [`pull request`](#pull-requests)
 
 ### Issues
 
@@ -105,7 +106,7 @@ When a change is pushed to the TIDES specification repository, Github Actions de
     | **Name** |  **What it does** |
     | -------- | ----------------- |
     | GitHub Actions | Runs following workflow on each push to the TIDES github repository:  /.github/workflows/docs.yml |
-    | mike | runs mkdocs and puts output in a folder in gh_pages branch which corresponds to the name of the branch (i.e. main, develop, pr-163, etc) <br> For new branches with documentation, adds an entry in `versions.json` | 
+    | mike | runs mkdocs and puts output in a folder in gh_pages branch which corresponds to the name of the branch (i.e. main, develop, pr-163, etc) <br> For new branches with documentation, adds an entry in `versions.json` |
     | `mkdocs` | Package which generates documentation from markdown and code |
 
 ??? info "Overview of Documentation Building Process"
@@ -116,7 +117,7 @@ When a change is pushed to the TIDES specification repository, Github Actions de
     subgraph mkdocs["<b>mkdocs:</b> run on execution of mike"]
     md_mike["mike"] -->|runs for current branch| md_mkdocs["mkdocs"]
     md_mkdocs.yml["mkdocs.yml"] -->|specifieds parameters| md_mkdocs["mkdocs"]
-    md_mkdocs_macros["mkdocs-macros"] -->|"plugin for"| md_mkdocs["mkdocs"] 
+    md_mkdocs_macros["mkdocs-macros"] -->|"plugin for"| md_mkdocs["mkdocs"]
     main.py[/"main.py"/] -->|defines macros in code available for| md_mkdocs_macros["mkdocs-macros"]
     end
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 62de1b4b..5f0dec1d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -12,6 +12,35 @@ Human-friendlier documentation is auto-generated and available at:
 - [Architecture](https://tides-transit.github.io/TIDES/main/architecture)
 - [Table Schemas](https://tides-transit.github.io/TIDES/main/tables)
 
+### Data Package
+
+Directories with TIDES data must contain metadata in a [`datapackage.json`](https://tides-transit.github.io/TIDES/main/datapackage) file in a format compliant with the [`tides-datapackage-profile`](https://tides-transit.github.io/TIDES/main/datapackage) of a [`frictionless data package`](https://specs.frictionlessdata.io/data-package/).  
+
+[`/samples/template/datapackage.json`](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/TIDES-transit/TIDES/main/samples/template/datapackage.json) has a template datapackage which can be used.
+
+## Sample Data
+
+[Sample data](https://tides-transit.github.io/TIDES/main/samples) can be found in the `/samples` directory, with one directory for each sample.
+
+### Template
+
+Templates of `datapackage.json` and each TIDES file type are located in the `/samples/template` directory.
+
+## Validating TIDES data
+
+TIDES data with a valid [`datapackage.json`](#data-package) can be easily validated using the [frictionless framework](https://framework.frictionlessdata.io/), which can be installed and invoked as follows:
+
+```bash
+pip install frictionless
+frictionless validate --schema-sync path/to/your/datapackage.json
+```
+
+Several other validation scripts and tools with more flexibility such as validating to the canonical, named version or a local spec can be found in the `/bin` directory, with usage available with the `--help` flag.
+
+```bash
+bin/validate-datapackage [-v remote_spec_ref | -l local_spec_path] [-d dataset_path]
+```
+
 ## Contributing to TIDES
 
 Those who want to help with the development of the TIDES specification should review the guidance in [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md).
diff --git a/bin/replace-spec-in-datapackage b/bin/replace-spec-in-datapackage
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..889800ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/replace-spec-in-datapackage
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+description="Create a temporary data package if a spec_path_prefix is provided."
+
+usage="
+Usage: replace-spec-in-datapackage <dataset_path> [spec_path_prefix] [output_file]
+
+Arguments:
+  <dataset_path>   The path to the dataset directory containing the 'datapackage.json' file.
+  <spec_path_prefix>   The path or URL to the spec to be referenced in the updated data package.
+  [output_file]   (Optional) The path to save the temporary data package. If not provided, the temporary data package will be saved as 'datapackage.tmp.json' in the dataset directory.
+
+"
+
+example_usage="
+Example Usage: 
+bin/replace-spec-in-datapackage samples/template/TIDES spec samples/template/TIDES/datapackage.tmp.json
+"
+
+################################################################################
+# Help                                                                         #
+################################################################################
+
+# Display help message
+function display_help() {
+  echo "$description"
+  echo "$usage"
+  echo "$example_usage"
+}
+
+# Check for help flag
+if [ "$1" == "--help" ]; then
+  display_help
+  exit 0
+fi
+
+################################################################################
+# SET DEFAULTS                                                                 #
+################################################################################
+DEFAULT_TMP_DATAPACKAGE="datapackage.tmp.json"
+PROFILE_FILE="tides-datapackage-profile.json"
+
+################################################################################
+# MAIN                                                                         #
+################################################################################
+
+echo "$description"
+
+################################################################################
+# Check Requirements                                                           #
+################################################################################
+source "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/utils"
+check_jq
+
+################################################################################
+# Process the input options.                                                   #
+################################################################################
+dataset_path=$1
+spec_path_prefix=$2
+output_file=${3:-"$dataset_path/$DEFAULT_TMP_DATAPACKAGE"}
+
+echo "Parameters:
+    dataset_path: $dataset_path
+    spec_path_prefix: $spec_path_prefix
+    output_file: $output_file
+"
+
+# Check if required arguments are missing
+if [ -z "$dataset_path" ]; then
+  echo "Error: Missing dataset_path argument." >&2
+  display_help
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+# Check if required arguments are missing
+if [ -z "spec_path_prefix" ]; then
+  echo "Error: Missing spec_path_prefix argument." >&2
+  display_help
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+datapackage_file="$dataset_path/datapackage.json"
+
+check_valid_path "$datapackage_file"
+
+profile_file="$spec_path_prefix/$PROFILE_FILE"
+check_valid_path "$profile_file"
+
+################################################################################
+# Create updated datapackage                                                   #
+################################################################################
+cp "$datapackage_file" "$output_file"
+jq --arg spec_path_prefix "$spec_path_prefix" --arg profile_file "$profile_file" '
+  .resources |= map(.schema |= ($spec_path_prefix + "/\(. | split("/") | last)"))
+  | .profile = ($profile_file)
+' "$output_file" > "$output_file.tmp" && mv "$output_file.tmp" "$output_file"
+
+echo "$output_file"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/bin/utils b/bin/utils
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..75f5a05a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/utils
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# Check if jsonschema-cli is installed
+check_jsonschema-cli() {
+  if ! command -v jsonschema-cli >/dev/null 2>&1; then 
+    echo >&2 "\033[31m!!! jsonschema-cli is required but not found.\033[0m 
+    
+    You can install it using 'pip install jsonschema-cli'. Aborting."
+    exit 1
+  fi
+}
+
+# Check if frictionless is installed
+check_frictionless() {
+  if ! command -v frictionless >/dev/null 2>&1; then 
+    echo >&2 "\033[31m!!! frictionless is required but not found.\033[0m 
+    
+    You can install it using 'pip install frictionless'. Aborting."
+    exit 1
+  fi
+}
+
+# Function to check jq and provide installation instructions if not found
+check_jq() {
+  if ! command -v jq >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    echo >&2 "\033[31m!!! jq is required but not found.\033[0m"
+
+    # Determine the operating system
+    os_type=$(uname -s)
+
+    case "$os_type" in
+      Linux*)
+        echo >&2 "Please install jq using your package manager."
+        echo >&2 "For example, on Debian/Ubuntu-based systems, you can use:"
+        echo >&2 "sudo apt-get install jq"
+        ;;
+      Darwin*)
+        echo >&2 "Please install jq using Homebrew."
+        echo >&2 "If you don't have Homebrew installed, you can install it from https://brew.sh/."
+        echo >&2 "Once Homebrew is installed, run the following command:"
+        echo >&2 "brew install jq"
+        ;;
+      CYGWIN*|MINGW32*|MSYS*|MINGW*)
+        echo >&2 "Please download the jq binary for Windows from https://stedolan.github.io/jq/download/."
+        echo >&2 "Extract the downloaded ZIP file and add the 'jq.exe' binary to your PATH..."
+        echo >&2 "Or run the following command: "
+        echo >&2 "curl -L -o /usr/bin/jq.exe https://github.com/stedolan/jq/releases/latest/download/jq-win64.exe"
+        ;;
+      *)
+        echo >&2 "Unknown operating system. Please install jq from https://stedolan.github.io/jq/download/."
+        ;;
+    esac
+
+    exit 1
+  fi
+}
+
+# Function to check if this is a valid spec path
+check_valid_path() {
+  local path=$1
+
+  if [ -n "$path" ]; then
+    if [ ! -e "$path" ] && [[ ! "$path" =~ ^http ]]; then
+      echo "\033[31mError: $path is an invalid path. It must be a valid file path, directory path, or a URL starting with 'http'.\033[0m" >&2
+      display_help
+      exit 1
+    elif [[ "$path" =~ ^http ]]; then
+      # Check if the URL is valid
+      if ! curl --output /dev/null --silent --head --fail "$path"; then
+        echo "\033[31mError: Invalid URL. The $path URL is not reachable or does not exist.\033[0m" >&2
+        exit 1
+      fi
+    fi
+  fi
+}
diff --git a/bin/validate-datapackage b/bin/validate-datapackage
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..a6fbbcff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/validate-datapackage
@@ -0,0 +1,130 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+description="Bash script to validate a Frictionless Data Package using the Frictionless CLI."
+
+usage="
+Usage: validate-datapackage [-v remote_spec_ref | -l local_spec_path] [-d dataset_path]
+    -r remote_spec_ref: Optional. Specify the ref name of the GitHub repository for validating agianst
+           a remote profile. Should not be used with -l option. Example: `-r main`
+    -l local_spec_path: Optional. Specify the path of the local schema directory.
+         Default is '../spec'. Is only used if remote_spec_ref = local.
+    -d dataset_path: Optional. Specify the path of the TIDES datapackage.json.
+        Default is the current directory.
+"
+
+example_usage="Example Usage: bin/validate-datapackage -l spec -d samples/template/TIDES"
+
+################################################################################
+# Help                                                                         #
+################################################################################
+
+# Display help message
+function display_help() {
+  echo "$description"
+  echo "$usage"
+  echo "$example_usage"
+}
+
+# Check for help flag
+if [ "$1" == "--help" ]; then
+  display_help
+  exit 0
+fi
+
+################################################################################
+# MAIN                                                                         #
+################################################################################
+
+echo "$description"
+
+################################################################################
+# Source utility functions                                                     #
+################################################################################
+source "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/utils"
+script_dir=$(dirname "$0")
+
+################################################################################
+# Check Requirements                                                           #
+################################################################################
+check_frictionless
+
+################################################################################
+# Process the parameters + input options.                                      #
+################################################################################
+remote_spec_ref=""
+local_spec_path=""
+dataset_path="."
+
+# Parse command-line arguments
+while getopts ":r:l:d:" opt; do
+  case $opt in
+    r)
+      remote_spec_ref=$OPTARG
+      ;;
+    l)
+      local_spec_path=$OPTARG
+      ;;
+    d)
+      dataset_path=$OPTARG
+      ;;
+    \?)
+      echo "Invalid option: -$OPTARG" >&2
+      display_help
+      exit 1
+      ;;
+  esac
+done
+
+echo "Running validate-datapackage with configs:"
+echo "  remote_spec_ref: $remote_spec_ref"
+echo "  local_spec_path: $local_spec_path"
+echo "  dataset_path: $dataset_path"
+
+if [ "$local_spec_path" != "" ] && [ "$remote_spec_ref" != "" ]; then
+  echo "Cannot specify both local profile location (-l) and remote spec reference (-r)" >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+# Convert local_spec_path to an absolute path
+if [ -n "$local_spec_path" ]; then
+  local_spec_path=$(realpath "$local_spec_path")
+fi
+
+################################################################################
+# Specify datapackage and update if necessary                                  #
+################################################################################
+
+datapackage_file="$dataset_path/datapackage.json"
+check_valid_path "$datapackage_file"
+
+[ -n "$local_spec_path" ] && spec_path_prefix="$local_spec_path"
+[ -n "$remote_spec_ref" ] && spec_path_prefix="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/TIDES-transit/TIDES/$remote_spec_ref/spec"
+
+# Create a temporary data package if using a different spec than specified in datapackage
+if [ "$spec_path_prefix" != "" ]; then
+  tmp_datapackage=$("$script_dir/replace-spec-in-datapackage" "$dataset_path" "$spec_path_prefix" 2>&1 | tee /dev/tty | tail -1)
+  echo "...using Temporary datapackage at: $tmp_datapackage"
+  check_valid_path "$tmp_datapackage"
+  datapackage_file="$tmp_datapackage"
+fi
+
+################################################################################
+# Validate datapackage file against TIDES profile                              #
+################################################################################
+
+echo "...validate the data package JSON against the TIDES profile"
+
+if ! "$script_dir"/validate-datapackage-to-profile -d "$datapackage_file"; then
+  echo -e "\033[31m!!! ERROR: Data package validation against the TIDES profile failed.\033[0m"
+fi
+
+################################################################################
+# Validate datapackage contents                                                #
+################################################################################
+echo "...validate the Frictionless Data Package using the Frictionless CLI"
+frictionless validate --schema-sync "$datapackage_file" --trusted
+
+# Remove the temporary data package file, if applicable
+if [ "$tmp_datapackage" != "" ]; then
+  rm "$tmp_datapackage"
+fi
diff --git a/bin/validate-datapackage-to-profile b/bin/validate-datapackage-to-profile
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..24d92feb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/validate-datapackage-to-profile
@@ -0,0 +1,138 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+description="Script to validate a local JSON file against a profile for tides-data-package specified in 
+profile field or optionally against a remote or local profile."
+
+usage="
+Usage: validate-datapackage-to-profile [-r remote_spec_ref | -l local_spec_path] [-f datapackage_file]
+   -r remote_spec_ref: Optional. Specify the ref name of the GitHub repository for validating agianst
+             a remote profile where the profile is in the sub-path /spec/tides-data-package.json. 
+             Should not be used with -l option. Example: -r main
+   -l local_spec_path: Optional. Specify the location of the local tides-data-package-json to use.
+             Should not be used with -r option. Example: -l spec
+   -d dataset_path: Optional. Specify the path of the datapackage.json file. 
+             Default is datapackage.json. Example: -d samples/template/TIDES/datapackage.json
+"
+
+example_usage="Example Usage: bin/validate-datapackage-to-profile -d samples/template/TIDES/datapackage.tmp.json"
+
+################################################################################
+# Help                                                                         #
+################################################################################
+
+# Display help message
+function display_help() {
+  echo "$description"
+  echo "$usage"
+  echo "$example_usage"
+}
+
+# Check for help flag
+if [ "$1" == "--help" ]; then
+  display_help
+  exit 0
+fi
+
+################################################################################
+# MAIN                                                                         #
+################################################################################
+
+echo "$description"
+
+################################################################################
+# Source utility functions                                                     #
+################################################################################
+source "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/utils"
+script_dir=$(dirname "$0")
+
+################################################################################
+# Check Requirements                                                           #
+################################################################################
+check_jsonschema-cli
+check_jq
+
+################################################################################
+# Process the input options.                                                   #
+################################################################################
+# Set default values
+remote_spec_ref=""
+local_spec_path=""
+dataset_path="datapackage.json"
+
+# Parse command-line arguments
+while getopts ":r:l:d:" opt; do
+  case $opt in
+    r)
+      remote_spec_ref=$OPTARG
+      ;;
+    l)
+      local_spec_path=$OPTARG
+      ;;
+    d)
+      dataset_path=$OPTARG
+      ;;
+    \?)
+      echo "Invalid option: -$OPTARG" >&2
+      display_help
+      exit 1
+      ;;
+  esac
+done
+
+echo "validate-datapackage-to-profile configs:"
+echo "  remote_spec_ref: $remote_profile_ref"
+echo "  local_spec_path: $local_profile_path"
+echo "  dataset_path: $dataset_path"
+
+if [ "$local_spec_path" != "" ] && [ "$remote_spec_path" != "" ]; then
+  echo "Cannot specify both local spec location (-l) and remote spec reference (-r)" >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+################################################################################
+# Specify datapackage and update if necessary                                  #
+################################################################################
+
+# Set appropriate datapackage_file vs dataset_path
+if [ -f "$dataset_path" ]; then
+  datapackage_file="$dataset_path"
+  dataset_path=$(dirname "$dataset_path")
+else 
+  datapackage_file="$dataset_path/datapackage.json"
+fi
+check_valid_path "$datapackage_file"
+
+################################################################################
+# Find and download if necessary the profile file                              #
+################################################################################
+
+[ -n "$local_spec_path" ] && spec_prefix="$local_spec_path"
+[ -n "$remote_spec_ref" ] && spec_prefix="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/TIDES-transit/TIDES/$remote_spec_ref/spec"
+
+if [ "$spec_prefix" != "" ]; then
+  profile_file="$spec_prefix/tides-datapackage-profile.json"
+else
+  profile_file=$(jq -r '.profile' "$datapackage_file")
+fi
+echo "...using profile: $profile_file"
+check_valid_path "$profile_file"
+
+if [[ "$profile_file" =~ ^http ]]; then
+  temp_dir=$(mktemp -d)
+  profile_file="$temp_dir/$(basename $profile_file)"
+  echo "...downloading profile to: $profile_file"
+  curl -L "$profile_file" -o "$profile_file"
+fi
+
+################################################################################
+# Validate Datapackage to Profile                                              #
+################################################################################
+echo "...validating $datapackage_file to $profile_file"
+jsonschema-cli validate "$profile_file" "$datapackage_file"
+
+################################################################################
+# Cleanup                                                                      #
+################################################################################
+if [ -d "$temp_dir" ]; then
+  rm -r "$temp_dir"
+fi
diff --git a/contributors/index.html b/contributors/index.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1ba8159d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contributors/index.html
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+
+<!doctype html>
+<html lang="en">
+<head>
+    <meta charset="utf-8">
+    <title>Redirecting...</title>
+    <link rel="canonical" href="../TIDES/contributors/">
+    <meta name="robots" content="noindex">
+    <script>var anchor=window.location.hash.substr(1);location.href="../TIDES/contributors/"+(anchor?"#"+anchor:"")</script>
+    <meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0; url=../TIDES/contributors/">
+</head>
+<body>
+Redirecting...
+</body>
+</html>
diff --git a/docs/datapackage.md b/docs/datapackage.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c6cb04ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/datapackage.md
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+# Data Package
+
+TIDES data must include a `datapackage.json` in the format specified by the [`tides-data-package` json schema](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/TIDES-transit/TIDES/main/spec/tides-datapackage-profile.json), which is an extension of the [frictionless data package](https://specs.frictionlessdata.io/data-package/) schema.
+
+You may create your own `datapackage.json` based on the documentaiton or start with the provided [template](#template), but don't forget to [validate](#validation) it to make sure it is in the correct format!
+
+## Data Package Format
+
+{{ frictionless_data_package('spec/tides-datapackage-profile.json') }}
+
+## Tabular Data Resource
+
+Required and recommended fields for each `tabluar-data-resource` are as follows:
+
+{{ frictionless_data_package('spec/tides-datapackage-profile.json',sub_schema="resources") }}
+
+## Template
+
+The canonical `datapackage.json` template is available at [`/data/template/TIDES/datapackage.json`](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/TIDES-transit/TIDES/main/samples/template/TIDES/datapackage.json).
+
+!!! warning
+    This version of `tides-data-package` template is dependent on the version of the documentation you are viewing and only represents the canonical `tides-data-package` template if you are viewing the `main` documentation version.
+
+{{ include_file('samples/template/TIDES/datapackage.json',code_type='json') }}
+
+## Validation
+
+There are lots of options for validating your `datapackage.json` file including:
+
+- [Command Line Interface (CLI) Script](#cli)
+- [Various online websites](#point-and-drool)
+
+### CLI
+
+You can easily validate your data package file with the script provided in [`/bin/validate-data-package-to-profile`](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/TIDES-transit/TIDES/main/bin/validate-data-package-to-profile)
+
+??? tip "installation requirements"
+
+    Make sure you have jsonschema-cli installed. You can install it specifically or with all of the other suggested tools using one of the commands below:
+
+    === "Mac"
+
+        ```sh
+        brew install jq # mac
+        pip install -r requirements.txt
+        ```
+
+    === "Windows"
+
+        ```sh
+        curl -L -o /usr/bin/jq.exe https://github.com/stedolan/jq/releases/latest/download/jq-win64.exe #windows
+        pip install -r requirements.txt
+        ```
+
+    === "Linux"
+
+        ```sh
+        sudo apt-get install jq # linux
+        pip install -r requirements.txt
+        ```
+
+```sh title="usage"
+validate-data-package-json -f my-datapackage.json
+```
+
+{{ include_file('bin/validate-datapackage-to-profile',code_type='sh') }}
+
+### Point-and-Drool
+
+Because a `tides-datapackage-profile` is just a json-schema, you can use the myriad of different json-schema validator out there on the web.  Use the [canonical `tides-datapackage-profile`](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/TIDES-transit/TIDES/main/spec/tides-datapackage-profile.json) or copy and paste the version from below.
+
+!!! warning
+    This version of `tides-datapackage-profile` is dependent on the version of the documentation you are viewing and only represents the canonical `tides-datapackage-profile` if you are viewing the `main` documentation version.
+
+{{ include_file('spec/tides-datapackage-profile.json',code_type='json') }}
diff --git a/docs/samples.md b/docs/samples.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7b4125ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/samples.md
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# Sample Data
+
+Sample data can be found in the `/samples` directory, with one directory for each data sample.  
+
+{{ include_file('samples/README.md')}}
+
+## Data List
+
+{{ list_samples('samples') }}
diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
index fada5b1f..38d9037b 100644
--- a/main.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -1,12 +1,15 @@
 import glob
 import json
+import logging
 import os
 import pathlib
 import re
-from typing import Union
+from typing import Union, Literal
 
 import pandas as pd
 
+log = logging.getLogger("mkdocs")
+
 FIND_REPLACE = {  # original relative to /docs : redirect target
     "<CONTRIBUTING.md>": "[Contributing Section](development/#CONTRIBUTING)",
     "(CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md)": "(development/#CODE_OF_CONDUCT)",
@@ -26,9 +29,39 @@ def define_env(env):
     - macro: a decorator function, to declare a macro.
     """
 
+    @env.macro
+    def list_samples(sample_dir: str) -> str:
+        """Outputs a simple list of the directories in a folder in markdown.
+        Args:
+            sample_dir (str):directory to search in
+        Returns:
+            str: markdown-formatted list
+        """
+        EXCLUDE = ["template"]
+        fields = ["Sample", "Agency", "Resources", "Vendors"]
+
+        sample_dir = os.path.join(env.project_dir, sample_dir)
+        samples = [
+            d
+            for d in os.listdir(sample_dir)
+            if os.path.isdir(os.path.join(sample_dir, d)) and d not in EXCLUDE
+        ]
+
+        md_table = (
+            "| *" + "** | **".join(fields) + "* |\n| " + " ----- |" * len(fields) + "\n"
+        )
+
+        for s in samples:
+            md_table += datapackage_to_row(os.path.join(sample_dir, s, "TIDES"), fields)
+        return md_table
+
     @env.macro
     def include_file(
-        filename: str, downshift_h1=True, start_line: int = 0, end_line: int = None
+        filename: str,
+        downshift_h1=True,
+        start_line: int = 0,
+        end_line: int = None,
+        code_type: str = None,
     ):
         """
         Include a file, optionally indicating start_line and end_line.
@@ -42,6 +75,8 @@ def include_file(
             start_line (Optional): if included, will start including the file from this line
                 (indexed to 0)
             end_line (Optional): if included, will stop including at this line (indexed to 0)
+            code_type: if not None, will encapsulate the resulting file in
+                ```<code_type>..file contents...```
         """
         full_filename = os.path.join(env.project_dir, filename)
         with open(full_filename, "r") as f:
@@ -71,26 +106,118 @@ def include_file(
                 _replace = _replace.replace(_filenamebase, "")
 
             content = content.replace(_find, _replace)
+
+        if code_type is not None:
+            content = f"\n```{code_type} title='{filename}'\n{content}\n```"
         return content
 
+    @env.macro
+    def frictionless_data_package(
+        data_package_path: str = "**/data-package.json",
+        sub_schema: str = None,
+        include: Literal["required", "recommended", "all"] = "recommended",
+    ) -> str:
+        """Describes top-level fields of a data package as a markdown table.
+
+        Note: Right now if it finds more than one, it will take the first one.
+
+        Args:
+            data_package_path (str, optional): location or glob pattern of data package. If glob,
+                will use the first found match.
+            sub_schema: if provided, will look for that portion of the schema and use that as
+                the "top level"
+            include: specifies the fields to include. Must be one of:
+                 - "required": will only document required fields
+                 - "recommended": will document required and recommended fields
+                 - "all": will document all fields
+                Defaults to "recommended".
+
+        Returns: a markdown table string
+        """
+        INCLUDE = ["name", "description", "type", "requirement"]
+
+        dp_filename = glob.glob(data_package_path, recursive=True)[0]
+
+        log.info(
+            f"Documenting spec_file: {dp_filename}.{sub_schema} including {include}"
+        )
+
+        with open(dp_filename, "r") as dp_file:
+            dp = json.loads(dp_file.read())
+
+        if sub_schema is not None:
+            if sub_schema in dp["properties"]:
+                dp = dp["properties"][sub_schema]
+            elif sub_schema in dp["$defs"]:
+                dp = dp["$defs"][sub_schema]
+            else:
+                return "Cannot find sub-schema {sub_schema} in data package file {dp_filename}"
+            if dp["type"] == "array":
+                dp = dp["items"]
+
+        _field_names = []
+
+        if include in ["required", "recommended"]:
+            _field_names += dp.get("required", [])
+        if include == "recommended":
+            _field_names += dp.get("recommended", [])
+        if include == "all":
+            _field_names = list(dp["properties"].keys())
+
+        if not _field_names:
+            return "No fields found to document with parameters."
+
+        _fields = []
+        for _f in _field_names:
+            log.debug(f"Documenting: {_f}")
+            _row_entry = {k: v for k, v in dp["properties"][_f].items() if k in INCLUDE}
+            if _f in dp.get("required", []):
+                _row_entry["requirement"] = "required"
+            elif _f in dp.get("recommended", []):
+                _row_entry["requirement"] = "recommended"
+            else:
+                _row_entry["requirement"] = " - "
+
+            _row_entry["name"] = f"`{_f}`"
+            if dp["properties"][_f].get("enum"):
+                _row_entry["description"] += "<br>**Must** be one of:<ul><li>`"
+                _row_entry["description"] += "`</li><li>`".join(
+                    dp["properties"][_f]["enum"]
+                )
+                _row_entry["description"] += "`</li></ul>"
+            elif dp["properties"][_f].get("const"):
+                _row_entry[
+                    "description"
+                ] += f"<br>**Must** be: `{dp['properties'][_f]['const']}`"
+            elif dp["properties"][_f].get("examples"):
+                _ex = dp["properties"][_f]["examples"][0].replace("\n", "<br>")
+                _row_entry["description"] += f"<br>**Example**:<br>`{_ex}`"
+
+            _fields.append(_row_entry)
+
+        dp_df = pd.DataFrame(_fields, columns=INCLUDE)
+        dp_md = dp_df.to_markdown(index=False)
+
+        return dp_md
+
     @env.macro
     def frictionless_spec(
         spec_path: str = "**/*.spec.json",
     ) -> str:
         """Translate the frictionless .spec file to a markdown table.
 
-        Note: Right now if it finds more than one, it will take the first one.
+        Note: Right now if it finds more than one, it will take the first one. If glob,
+                will use the first found match.
 
         Args:
-            spec_path (str, optional): base path of repo. Defaults to two directories
-                up from this file.
+            spec_path (str, optional): location or glob pattern of spec
 
         Returns: a markdown table string
         """
 
         spec_file = glob.glob(spec_path, recursive=True)[0]
 
-        print("Documenting spec_file: ", spec_file)
+        log.info(f"Documenting spec_file: {spec_file}")
 
         # Generate a table for overall file requirements
         spec_df = read_config(spec_file)
@@ -117,7 +244,7 @@ def frictionless_schemas(
         # Create markdown with a table for each schema file
         schema_files = glob.glob(schema_path, recursive=True)
 
-        print("Documenting schemas from: {}".format(schema_files))
+        log.info("Documenting schemas from: {schema_files}")
 
         file_schema_markdown = [
             _document_frictionless_schema(_s) for _s in schema_files
@@ -136,6 +263,49 @@ def frictionless_schemas(
 TABLE_TYPES = ["Event", "Summary", "Supporting"]
 
 
+def datapackage_to_row(dir: str, fields: list) -> str:
+    """Reads datapackage and translates key metadata to a row in a markdown table.
+
+    Right now, only works for fields: "Sample", "Agency", "Resources", "Vendors"
+
+    Args:
+        dir (str): fully qualified directory for sample data
+        fields (list): list of fields to return
+
+    Returns:
+        str: row in a markdown table with name, agency, resources, vendors
+    """
+    dp_filename = os.path.join(dir, "datapackage.json")
+    if not os.path.isfile(dp_filename):
+        raise ValueError(f"Can't find datapackage file:\n   {dp_filename}.")
+    with open(dp_filename, "r") as dp_file:
+        dp = json.loads(dp_file.read())
+
+        _vendors = [
+            s.get("vendor", None) for r in dp["resources"] for s in r.get("sources", [])
+        ]
+        _vendors = list(set(_vendors) - set([None]))
+
+        _md_cells = {
+            "Sample": _to_sample_readme_link(dp["name"], dir),
+            "Agency": dp["agency"],
+            "Resources": (
+                "<ul><li>`"
+                + "`</li><li>`".join([r["name"] for r in dp["resources"]])
+                + "`</li></ul>"
+            ),
+            "Vendors": "<ul><li>`" + "`</li><li>`".join(_vendors) + "`</li></ul>",
+        }
+
+        md_row = "| " + " | ".join([_md_cells[f] for f in fields]) + " |\n"
+
+        return md_row
+
+
+def _to_sample_readme_link(sample_name, folder_dir):
+    return f"[{sample_name.capitalize()}]({folder_dir}/README.md)"
+
+
 def _document_frictionless_schema(schema_filename: str) -> dict:
     """Documents a single frictionless schema.
 
@@ -149,7 +319,7 @@ def _document_frictionless_schema(schema_filename: str) -> dict:
             "schema_md": markdown table documenting fields
 
     """
-    print(f"Documenting schema from file: {schema_filename}")
+    log.info(f"Documenting schema from file: {schema_filename}")
     spec_name = schema_filename.split("/")[-1].split(".")[0]
     spec_title = " ".join([x.capitalize() for x in spec_name.split("_")])
     schema = read_schema(schema_filename)
diff --git a/mkdocs.yml b/mkdocs.yml
index aae3d55c..644883c3 100644
--- a/mkdocs.yml
+++ b/mkdocs.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ edit_uri: edit/main/docs
 theme:
   name: material
   features:
+    - content.code.copy
     - navigation.tabs
     - navigation.expand
     - toc.integrate
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ plugins:
         securityLevel: 'loose'
   - search
 
+
 watch:
   - CONTRIBUTING.md
   - CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
@@ -74,4 +76,6 @@ nav:
   - Home: index.md
   - Architecture: architecture.md
   - Table Schemas: tables.md
+  - Data Package: datapackage.md
+  - Sample Data: samples.md
   - Development: development.md
diff --git a/samples/README.md b/samples/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..66dc9564
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+# Samples Directory Organization
+
+Each TIDES Data Package example should follow the following directory structure, consistent with the structure of the [Frictionless Data Package specification](https://specs.frictionlessdata.io/data-package/), including:
+
+```sh
+unique-example-name
+  \TIDES     # Required. Data to be validated against the TIDES specification
+  \datapackage.json # Required. [`tides-data-package`](#tides-data-package) metadata
+  \raw      # Optional. Data which the agency uses to create TIDES data
+  \scripts  # Optional. Scripts used to transform raw --> TIDES
+```
+
+## Adding Examples
+
+We encourage the addition of examples, but please follow the following guidelines:
+
+1. *No large files* This isn't the place to store your data, rather to document some minimal examples.  The recommended size is 100-1000 records per file, more if absolutely required to reproduce an issue with the spec.  All individual files should be well under 50 MB.  
+2. *Include Metadata* as specified in [tides-data-package](#data-package).
+3. *Include a README.md* in the base folder of your example with an overview so that it can be included in the documentation.
+
+## Data Package
+
+TIDES sample data must include a `datapackage.json` in the format specified by the [`tides-data-package` json schema](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/TIDES-transit/TIDES/main/spec/tides-datapackage-profile.json) (an extension of the [frictionless data package](https://specs.frictionlessdata.io/data-package/)).  
+
+See:
+
+- [Full documentation on the `tides-data-package`]({{ site_url }}/datapackage)
+- [Example `tides-data-package` file](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/TIDES-transit/TIDES/main/samples/template)
+
+## Data validation
+
+Data with a valid [`datapackage.json`](#data-package) can be easily validated using the [frictionless framework](https://framework.frictionlessdata.io/), which can be installed and invoked as follows:
+
+```bash
+pip install frictionless
+frictionless validate --schema-sync path/to/your/datapackage.json
+```
+
+Alternatively, we also provide a wrapper script to provide some additional flexibility and options.
+
+Usage: `bin/validate-datapackage [-v remote_spec_ref | -l local_spec_path] [-d dataset_path]`
+
+- `-r remote_spec_ref`: Optional. Specify the ref name of the GitHub repository for validating agianst
+    a remote profile. Should not be used with -l option. Example: `-r main`
+- `-l local_spec_path`: Optional. Specify the path of the local schema directory.
+    Default is 'spec'. Is only used if remote_spec_ref = local.
+- `-d dataset_path`: Optional. Specify the path of the TIDES datapackage.json.
+    Default is the current directory.
+
+Key usage examples:
+
+- `bin/validate-datapackage -l spec -d samples/<my_samples>/TIDES`: Validate my sample data to a version of the spec located in the `/spec` directory.
+- `bin/validate-datapackage -r main -d samples/<my_samples>/TIDES`: Validate my sample data to the canonical version of the TIDES spec.
+- `bin/validate-datapackage -r v1.0 -d samples/<my_samples>/TIDES`: Validate my sample data to v1.0 of the spec.
+- `bin/validate-datapackage -r develop -d samples/<my_samples>/TIDES`: Validate my sample data to the current `develop` branch of the TIDES spc.
+
+If you **only** want to validate your `datapackage.json` file and not the datapackage as a whole, you can run the script `bin/validate-datapackage-to-profile` instead with the same options. Note that this is also run as a part of `validate-datapackage`.
+
+### Specific files
+
+Specific files can be validated by running the frictionless framework against them and their corresponding schemas as follows:
+
+```sh
+frictionless validate vehicles.csv --schema https://raw.githubusercontent.com/TIDES-transit/TIDES/main/spec/vehicles.schema.json
+```
+
+### Continuous Data Validation
+
+Sample data in the `\TIDES` subdirectories of each sample is validated upon a push action to the main repository.
diff --git a/samples/template/README.md b/samples/template/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1cdaf7f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/template/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# Example TIDES Data Package
+
+Template directory for example scaffolding and helper scripts.
+
+## Scripts for Generating Template Data
+
+`scripts\create_template.py` has some template code which can help with the following
+
+- `write_schema_examples()`: will generate blank csvs according to the TIDES schema
+- `write_datapackage()` will generate a datapackage.json based on the TIDES schemas and a set of defaults specified in th script.
+
+To run both (note this replaces the existing files in the directory)
+
+```bash
+python samples/template/scripts/create_template.py
+```
diff --git a/samples/template/TIDES/datapackage.json b/samples/template/TIDES/datapackage.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c667a37a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/template/TIDES/datapackage.json
@@ -0,0 +1,182 @@
+{
+    "name": "template",
+    "title": "Template TIDES Data Package Example",
+    "agency": "Transit Agency Name",
+    "ntd_id": "1234-56",
+    "profile": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/TIDES-transit/TIDES/sample-data-doc/spec/tides-datapackage-profile.json",
+    "licenses": [
+        {
+            "name": "Apache-2.0"
+        }
+    ],
+    "contributors": [
+        {
+            "title": "My Name",
+            "email": "me@myself.com",
+            "github": "myhandle"
+        }
+    ],
+    "maintainers": [
+        {
+            "title": "Another Name",
+            "email": "another@myself.com",
+            "github": "myhandle"
+        }
+    ],
+    "resources": [
+        {
+            "name": "devices",
+            "profile": "tabular-data-resource",
+            "path": "devices.csv",
+            "schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/TIDES-transit/TIDES/sample-data-doc/spec/devices.schema.json",
+            "sources": [
+                {
+                    "title": "Where did data come from?",
+                    "component": "Type of technology component, i.e. `AVL`",
+                    "product": "Product used.",
+                    "vendor": "Vendor selling product."
+                }
+            ]
+        },
+        {
+            "name": "vehicle_locations",
+            "profile": "tabular-data-resource",
+            "path": "vehicle_locations.csv",
+            "schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/TIDES-transit/TIDES/sample-data-doc/spec/vehicle_locations.schema.json",
+            "sources": [
+                {
+                    "title": "Where did data come from?",
+                    "component": "Type of technology component, i.e. `AVL`",
+                    "product": "Product used.",
+                    "vendor": "Vendor selling product."
+                }
+            ]
+        },
+        {
+            "name": "fare_transactions",
+            "profile": "tabular-data-resource",
+            "path": "fare_transactions.csv",
+            "schema":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/TIDES-transit/TIDES/sample-data-doc/spec/fare_transactions.schema.json",
+            "sources": [
+                {
+                    "title": "Where did data come from?",
+                    "component": "Type of technology component, i.e. `AVL`",
+                    "product": "Product used.",
+                    "vendor": "Vendor selling product."
+                }
+            ]
+        },
+        {
+            "name": "train_cars",
+            "profile": "tabular-data-resource",
+            "path": "train_cars.csv",
+            "schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/TIDES-transit/TIDES/sample-data-doc/spec/train_cars.schema.json",
+            "sources": [
+                {
+                    "title": "Where did data come from?",
+                    "component": "Type of technology component, i.e. `AVL`",
+                    "product": "Product used.",
+                    "vendor": "Vendor selling product."
+                }
+            ]
+        },
+        {
+            "name": "operators",
+            "profile": "tabular-data-resource",
+            "path": "operators.csv",
+            "schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/TIDES-transit/TIDES/sample-data-doc/spec/operators.schema.json",
+            "sources": [
+                {
+                    "title": "Where did data come from?",
+                    "component": "Type of technology component, i.e. `AVL`",
+                    "product": "Product used.",
+                    "vendor": "Vendor selling product."
+                }
+            ]
+        },
+        {
+            "name": "stop_visits",
+            "profile": "tabular-data-resource",
+            "path": "stop_visits.csv",
+            "schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/TIDES-transit/TIDES/sample-data-doc/spec/stop_visits.schema.json",
+            "sources": [
+                {
+                    "title": "Where did data come from?",
+                    "component": "Type of technology component, i.e. `AVL`",
+                    "product": "Product used.",
+                    "vendor": "Vendor selling product."
+                }
+            ]
+        },
+        {
+            "name": "vehicle_train_cars",
+            "profile": "tabular-data-resource",
+            "path": "vehicle_train_cars.csv",
+            "schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/TIDES-transit/TIDES/sample-data-doc/spec/vehicle_train_cars.schema.json",
+            "sources": [
+                {
+                    "title": "Where did data come from?",
+                    "component": "Type of technology component, i.e. `AVL`",
+                    "product": "Product used.",
+                    "vendor": "Vendor selling product."
+                }
+            ]
+        },
+        {
+            "name": "vehicles",
+            "profile": "tabular-data-resource",
+            "path": "vehicles.csv",
+            "schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/TIDES-transit/TIDES/sample-data-doc/spec/vehicles.schema.json",
+            "sources": [
+                {
+                    "title": "Where did data come from?",
+                    "component": "Type of technology component, i.e. `AVL`",
+                    "product": "Product used.",
+                    "vendor": "Vendor selling product."
+                }
+            ]
+        },
+        {
+            "name": "trips_performed",
+            "profile": "tabular-data-resource",
+            "path": "trips_performed.csv",
+            "schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/TIDES-transit/TIDES/sample-data-doc/spec/trips_performed.schema.json",
+            "sources": [
+                {
+                    "title": "Where did data come from?",
+                    "component": "Type of technology component, i.e. `AVL`",
+                    "product": "Product used.",
+                    "vendor": "Vendor selling product."
+                }
+            ]
+        },
+        {
+            "name": "station_activities",
+            "profile": "tabular-data-resource",
+            "path": "station_activities.csv",
+            "schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/TIDES-transit/TIDES/sample-data-doc/spec/station_activities.schema.json",
+            "sources": [
+                {
+                    "title": "Where did data come from?",
+                    "component": "Type of technology component, i.e. `AVL`",
+                    "product": "Product used.",
+                    "vendor": "Vendor selling product."
+                }
+            ]
+        },
+        {
+            "name": "passenger_events",
+            "profile": "tabular-data-resource",
+            "path": "passenger_events.csv",
+            "schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/TIDES-transit/TIDES/sample-data-doc/spec/passenger_events.schema.json",
+            "sources": [
+                {
+                    "title": "Where did data come from?",
+                    "component": "Type of technology component, i.e. `AVL`",
+                    "product": "Product used.",
+                    "vendor": "Vendor selling product."
+                }
+            ]
+        }
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/samples/template/TIDES/devices.csv b/samples/template/TIDES/devices.csv
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f1096555
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/template/TIDES/devices.csv
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+device_id,stop_id,vehicle_id,train_car_id,device_type,device_vendor,device_model,device_location
diff --git a/samples/template/TIDES/fare_transactions.csv b/samples/template/TIDES/fare_transactions.csv
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ef3b7eea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/template/TIDES/fare_transactions.csv
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+transaction_id,date,timestamp,amount,currency_type,fare_action,trip_id_performed,stop_sequence,vehicle_id,device_id,fare_id,stop_id,group_size,media_type,rider_category,fare_product,fare_period,fare_capped,fare_media_id,fare_media_id_purchased,balance,service_date,event_timestamp
diff --git a/samples/template/TIDES/operators.csv b/samples/template/TIDES/operators.csv
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..713abf28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/template/TIDES/operators.csv
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+operator_id
diff --git a/samples/template/TIDES/passenger_events.csv b/samples/template/TIDES/passenger_events.csv
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d4ece193
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/template/TIDES/passenger_events.csv
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+passenger_event_id,date,timestamp,trip_id_performed,stop_sequence,event_type,vehicle_id,device_id,train_car_id,stop_id,service_date,passenger_events,event_timestamp
diff --git a/samples/template/TIDES/station_activities.csv b/samples/template/TIDES/station_activities.csv
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3928c0fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/template/TIDES/station_activities.csv
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+date,stop_id,time_period_start,time_period_end,time_period_category,total_entries,total_exits,number_of_transactions,transaction_revenue_cash,transaction_revenue_smartcard,transaction_revenue_magcard,transaction_revenue_bankcard,transaction_revenue_nfc,transaction_revenue_optical,transaction_revenue_operator,transaction_revenue_other,transaction_count_cash,transaction_count_smartcard,transaction_count_magcard,transaction_count_bankcard,transaction_count_nfc,transaction_count_optical,transaction_count_operator,transaction_count_other,bike_entries,bike_exits,ramp_entries,ramp_exits,service_date
diff --git a/samples/template/TIDES/stop_visits.csv b/samples/template/TIDES/stop_visits.csv
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ecc6c3b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/template/TIDES/stop_visits.csv
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+date,trip_id_performed,stop_sequence,vehicle_id,dwell,stop_id,checkpoint,schedule_arrival_time,schedule_departure_time,actual_arrival_time,actual_departure_time,distance,boarding_1,alighting_1,boarding_2,alighting_2,load,door_open,door_close,door_status,ramp_deployed_time,ramp_failure,kneel_deployed_time,lift_deployed_time,bike_rack_deployed,bike_load,revenue,number_of_transactions,transaction_revenue_cash,transaction_revenue_smartcard,transaction_revenue_magcard,transaction_revenue_bankcard,transaction_revenue_nfc,transaction_revenue_optical,transaction_revenue_operator,transaction_revenue_other,transaction_count_cash,transaction_count_smartcard,transaction_count_magcard,transaction_count_bankcard,transaction_count_nfc,transaction_count_optical,transaction_count_operator,transaction_count_other,schedule_relationship,service_date
diff --git a/samples/template/TIDES/train_cars.csv b/samples/template/TIDES/train_cars.csv
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3b0e604b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/template/TIDES/train_cars.csv
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+train_car_id,model_name,facility_name,capacity_seated,wheelchair_capacity,bike_capacity,bike_rack,capacity_standing,train_car_type
diff --git a/samples/template/TIDES/trips_performed.csv b/samples/template/TIDES/trips_performed.csv
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..94ce7bcd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/template/TIDES/trips_performed.csv
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+date,trip_id_performed,vehicle_id,trip_id_scheduled,route_id,route_type,shape_id,direction_id,operator_id,block_id,trip_start_stop_id,trip_end_stop_id,schedule_trip_start,schedule_trip_end,actual_trip_start,actual_trip_end,in_service,schedule_relationship,service_date
diff --git a/samples/template/TIDES/vehicle_locations.csv b/samples/template/TIDES/vehicle_locations.csv
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f7936518
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/template/TIDES/vehicle_locations.csv
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+location_ping_id,date,timestamp,trip_id_performed,stop_sequence,vehicle_id,device_id,stop_id,current_status,latitude,longitude,gps_quality,heading,speed,odometer,schedule_deviation,headway_deviation,in_service,schedule_relationship,event_timestamp
diff --git a/samples/template/TIDES/vehicle_train_cars.csv b/samples/template/TIDES/vehicle_train_cars.csv
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9044359c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/template/TIDES/vehicle_train_cars.csv
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+vehicle_id,train_car_id,order,operator_id
diff --git a/samples/template/TIDES/vehicles.csv b/samples/template/TIDES/vehicles.csv
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..67ef59e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/template/TIDES/vehicles.csv
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+vehicle_id,vehicle_start,vehicle_end,model_name,facility_name,capacity_seated,wheelchair_capacity,capacity_bike,bike_rack,capacity_standing
diff --git a/samples/template/scripts/create_template_files.py b/samples/template/scripts/create_template_files.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a9122f36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/template/scripts/create_template_files.py
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+"""
+Generates a set of template files using structure and defaults of **schema.json
+
+--output-path Saves it in the specified output directory (/path/to/output).
+If the argument is not provided, it will default to the same directory as the script.
+
+--schema can specify using a specific schema instead of the default of all
+"""
+
+import argparse
+import glob
+import logging
+import os
+import pathlib
+
+from frictionless import Schema
+
+USAGE = """
+python samples/template/scripts/create_template_files.py --output-dir /path/to/output
+"""
+
+
+SAMPLE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
+BASE_REPO_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(SAMPLE_DIR))
+SCHEMAS = glob.glob(
+    os.path.join(os.path.join(BASE_REPO_DIR, "spec"), "**/*.schema.json"),
+    recursive=True,
+)
+DEFAULT_OUT_PATH = "../TIDES"
+
+
+def write_template_for_schema(
+    schema_filename: str,
+    out_dir: str,
+) -> None:
+    """Creates blank csvs which comply with a schema.
+
+    Args:
+        schema_filename (str): Filename with the Frictionless data schema
+        out_dir (str): Where the csv will be written
+    """
+    _schema = Schema(schema_filename)
+    fields = [s.name for s in _schema.fields]
+    _schema_name = pathlib.Path(schema_filename).stem.split(".")[0]
+    out_filename = os.path.join(out_dir, _schema_name + ".csv")
+    with open(out_filename, "w") as outfile:
+        logging.info(f"Writing: {out_filename}")
+        outfile.write(",".join(fields))
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG)
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Generate a template csvs.")
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--schema",
+        default=SCHEMAS,
+        help="List of paths to frictionless schemas to generate. Default: all in /spec dir.",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--output-path",
+        default=DEFAULT_OUT_PATH,
+        help="Directory to save the generated files. Default: same directory as script.",
+    )
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    for s in args.schema:
+        write_template_for_schema(s, args.output_path)
diff --git a/samples/template/scripts/requirements.txt b/samples/template/scripts/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..140b95f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/template/scripts/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+frictionless
diff --git a/spec/table-schema.json b/spec/table-schema.json
deleted file mode 100644
index a87b49e5..00000000
--- a/spec/table-schema.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,1676 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
-  "title": "Table Schema",
-  "description": "A Table Schema for this resource, compliant with the [Table Schema](/tableschema/) specification.",
-  "type": [
-    "string",
-    "object"
-  ],
-  "required": [
-    "fields"
-  ],
-  "properties": {
-    "fields": {
-      "type": "array",
-      "minItems": 1,
-      "items": {
-        "title": "Table Schema Field",
-        "type": "object",
-        "oneOf": [
-          {
-            "type": "object",
-            "title": "String Field",
-            "description": "The field contains strings, that is, sequences of characters.",
-            "required": [
-              "name"
-            ],
-            "properties": {
-              "name": {
-                "title": "Name",
-                "description": "A name for this field.",
-                "type": "string"
-              },
-              "title": {
-                "title": "Title",
-                "description": "A human-readable title.",
-                "type": "string",
-                "examples": [
-                  "{\n  \"title\": \"My Package Title\"\n}\n"
-                ]
-              },
-              "description": {
-                "title": "Description",
-                "description": "A text description. Markdown is encouraged.",
-                "type": "string",
-                "examples": [
-                  "{\n  \"description\": \"# My Package description\\nAll about my package.\"\n}\n"
-                ]
-              },
-              "example": {
-                "title": "Example",
-                "description": "An example value for the field.",
-                "type": "string",
-                "examples": [
-                  "{\n  \"example\": \"Put here an example value for your field\"\n}\n"
-                ]
-              },
-              "type": {
-                "description": "The type keyword, which `MUST` be a value of `string`.",
-                "enum": [
-                  "string"
-                ]
-              },
-              "format": {
-                "description": "The format keyword options for `string` are `default`, `email`, `uri`, `binary`, and `uuid`.",
-                "context": "The following `format` options are supported:\n  * **default**: any valid string.\n  * **email**: A valid email address.\n  * **uri**: A valid URI.\n  * **binary**: A base64 encoded string representing binary data.\n  * **uuid**: A string that is a uuid.",
-                "enum": [
-                  "default",
-                  "email",
-                  "uri",
-                  "binary",
-                  "uuid"
-                ],
-                "default": "default"
-              },
-              "constraints": {
-                "title": "Constraints",
-                "description": "The following constraints are supported for `string` fields.",
-                "type": "object",
-                "properties": {
-                  "required": {
-                    "type": "boolean",
-                    "description": "Indicates whether a property must have a value for each instance.",
-                    "context": "An empty string is considered to be a missing value."
-                  },
-                  "unique": {
-                    "type": "boolean",
-                    "description": "When `true`, each value for the property `MUST` be unique."
-                  },
-                  "pattern": {
-                    "type": "string",
-                    "description": "A regular expression pattern to test each value of the property against, where a truthy response indicates validity.",
-                    "context": "Regular expressions `SHOULD` conform to the [XML Schema regular expression syntax](http://www.w3.org/TR/xmlschema-2/#regexs)."
-                  },
-                  "enum": {
-                    "type": "array",
-                    "minItems": 1,
-                    "uniqueItems": true,
-                    "items": {
-                      "type": "string"
-                    }
-                  },
-                  "minLength": {
-                    "type": "integer",
-                    "description": "An integer that specifies the minimum length of a value."
-                  },
-                  "maxLength": {
-                    "type": "integer",
-                    "description": "An integer that specifies the maximum length of a value."
-                  }
-                }
-              },
-              "rdfType": {
-                "type": "string",
-                "description": "The RDF type for this field."
-              }
-            },
-            "examples": [
-              "{\n  \"name\": \"name\",\n  \"type\": \"string\"\n}\n",
-              "{\n  \"name\": \"name\",\n  \"type\": \"string\",\n  \"format\": \"email\"\n}\n",
-              "{\n  \"name\": \"name\",\n  \"type\": \"string\",\n  \"constraints\": {\n    \"minLength\": 3,\n    \"maxLength\": 35\n  }\n}\n"
-            ]
-          },
-          {
-            "type": "object",
-            "title": "Number Field",
-            "description": "The field contains numbers of any kind including decimals.",
-            "context": "The lexical formatting follows that of decimal in [XMLSchema](https://www.w3.org/TR/xmlschema-2/#decimal): a non-empty finite-length sequence of decimal digits separated by a period as a decimal indicator. An optional leading sign is allowed. If the sign is omitted, '+' is assumed. Leading and trailing zeroes are optional. If the fractional part is zero, the period and following zero(es) can be omitted. For example: '-1.23', '12678967.543233', '+100000.00', '210'.\n\nThe following special string values are permitted (case does not need to be respected):\n  - NaN: not a number\n  - INF: positive infinity\n  - -INF: negative infinity\n\nA number `MAY` also have a trailing:\n  - exponent: this `MUST` consist of an E followed by an optional + or - sign followed by one or more decimal digits (0-9)\n  - percentage: the percentage sign: `%`. In conversion percentages should be divided by 100.\n\nIf both exponent and percentages are present the percentage `MUST` follow the exponent e.g. '53E10%' (equals 5.3).",
-            "required": [
-              "name",
-              "type"
-            ],
-            "properties": {
-              "name": {
-                "title": "Name",
-                "description": "A name for this field.",
-                "type": "string"
-              },
-              "title": {
-                "title": "Title",
-                "description": "A human-readable title.",
-                "type": "string",
-                "examples": [
-                  "{\n  \"title\": \"My Package Title\"\n}\n"
-                ]
-              },
-              "description": {
-                "title": "Description",
-                "description": "A text description. Markdown is encouraged.",
-                "type": "string",
-                "examples": [
-                  "{\n  \"description\": \"# My Package description\\nAll about my package.\"\n}\n"
-                ]
-              },
-              "example": {
-                "title": "Example",
-                "description": "An example value for the field.",
-                "type": "string",
-                "examples": [
-                  "{\n  \"example\": \"Put here an example value for your field\"\n}\n"
-                ]
-              },
-              "type": {
-                "description": "The type keyword, which `MUST` be a value of `number`.",
-                "enum": [
-                  "number"
-                ]
-              },
-              "format": {
-                "description": "There are no format keyword options for `number`: only `default` is allowed.",
-                "enum": [
-                  "default"
-                ],
-                "default": "default"
-              },
-              "bareNumber": {
-                "type": "boolean",
-                "title": "bareNumber",
-                "description": "a boolean field with a default of `true`. If `true` the physical contents of this field must follow the formatting constraints already set out. If `false` the contents of this field may contain leading and/or trailing non-numeric characters (which implementors MUST therefore strip). The purpose of `bareNumber` is to allow publishers to publish numeric data that contains trailing characters such as percentages e.g. `95%` or leading characters such as currencies e.g. `€95` or `EUR 95`. Note that it is entirely up to implementors what, if anything, they do with stripped text.",
-                "default": true
-              },
-              "decimalChar": {
-                "type": "string",
-                "description": "A string whose value is used to represent a decimal point within the number. The default value is `.`."
-              },
-              "groupChar": {
-                "type": "string",
-                "description": "A string whose value is used to group digits within the number. The default value is `null`. A common value is `,` e.g. '100,000'."
-              },
-              "constraints": {
-                "title": "Constraints",
-                "description": "The following constraints are supported for `number` fields.",
-                "type": "object",
-                "properties": {
-                  "required": {
-                    "type": "boolean",
-                    "description": "Indicates whether a property must have a value for each instance.",
-                    "context": "An empty string is considered to be a missing value."
-                  },
-                  "unique": {
-                    "type": "boolean",
-                    "description": "When `true`, each value for the property `MUST` be unique."
-                  },
-                  "enum": {
-                    "oneOf": [
-                      {
-                        "type": "array",
-                        "minItems": 1,
-                        "uniqueItems": true,
-                        "items": {
-                          "type": "string"
-                        }
-                      },
-                      {
-                        "type": "array",
-                        "minItems": 1,
-                        "uniqueItems": true,
-                        "items": {
-                          "type": "number"
-                        }
-                      }
-                    ]
-                  },
-                  "minimum": {
-                    "oneOf": [
-                      {
-                        "type": "string"
-                      },
-                      {
-                        "type": "number"
-                      }
-                    ]
-                  },
-                  "maximum": {
-                    "oneOf": [
-                      {
-                        "type": "string"
-                      },
-                      {
-                        "type": "number"
-                      }
-                    ]
-                  }
-                }
-              },
-              "rdfType": {
-                "type": "string",
-                "description": "The RDF type for this field."
-              }
-            },
-            "examples": [
-              "{\n  \"name\": \"field-name\",\n  \"type\": \"number\"\n}\n",
-              "{\n  \"name\": \"field-name\",\n  \"type\": \"number\",\n  \"constraints\": {\n    \"enum\": [ \"1.00\", \"1.50\", \"2.00\" ]\n  }\n}\n"
-            ]
-          },
-          {
-            "type": "object",
-            "title": "Integer Field",
-            "description": "The field contains integers - that is whole numbers.",
-            "context": "Integer values are indicated in the standard way for any valid integer.",
-            "required": [
-              "name",
-              "type"
-            ],
-            "properties": {
-              "name": {
-                "title": "Name",
-                "description": "A name for this field.",
-                "type": "string"
-              },
-              "title": {
-                "title": "Title",
-                "description": "A human-readable title.",
-                "type": "string",
-                "examples": [
-                  "{\n  \"title\": \"My Package Title\"\n}\n"
-                ]
-              },
-              "description": {
-                "title": "Description",
-                "description": "A text description. Markdown is encouraged.",
-                "type": "string",
-                "examples": [
-                  "{\n  \"description\": \"# My Package description\\nAll about my package.\"\n}\n"
-                ]
-              },
-              "example": {
-                "title": "Example",
-                "description": "An example value for the field.",
-                "type": "string",
-                "examples": [
-                  "{\n  \"example\": \"Put here an example value for your field\"\n}\n"
-                ]
-              },
-              "type": {
-                "description": "The type keyword, which `MUST` be a value of `integer`.",
-                "enum": [
-                  "integer"
-                ]
-              },
-              "format": {
-                "description": "There are no format keyword options for `integer`: only `default` is allowed.",
-                "enum": [
-                  "default"
-                ],
-                "default": "default"
-              },
-              "bareNumber": {
-                "type": "boolean",
-                "title": "bareNumber",
-                "description": "a boolean field with a default of `true`. If `true` the physical contents of this field must follow the formatting constraints already set out. If `false` the contents of this field may contain leading and/or trailing non-numeric characters (which implementors MUST therefore strip). The purpose of `bareNumber` is to allow publishers to publish numeric data that contains trailing characters such as percentages e.g. `95%` or leading characters such as currencies e.g. `€95` or `EUR 95`. Note that it is entirely up to implementors what, if anything, they do with stripped text.",
-                "default": true
-              },
-              "constraints": {
-                "title": "Constraints",
-                "description": "The following constraints are supported for `integer` fields.",
-                "type": "object",
-                "properties": {
-                  "required": {
-                    "type": "boolean",
-                    "description": "Indicates whether a property must have a value for each instance.",
-                    "context": "An empty string is considered to be a missing value."
-                  },
-                  "unique": {
-                    "type": "boolean",
-                    "description": "When `true`, each value for the property `MUST` be unique."
-                  },
-                  "enum": {
-                    "oneOf": [
-                      {
-                        "type": "array",
-                        "minItems": 1,
-                        "uniqueItems": true,
-                        "items": {
-                          "type": "string"
-                        }
-                      },
-                      {
-                        "type": "array",
-                        "minItems": 1,
-                        "uniqueItems": true,
-                        "items": {
-                          "type": "integer"
-                        }
-                      }
-                    ]
-                  },
-                  "minimum": {
-                    "oneOf": [
-                      {
-                        "type": "string"
-                      },
-                      {
-                        "type": "integer"
-                      }
-                    ]
-                  },
-                  "maximum": {
-                    "oneOf": [
-                      {
-                        "type": "string"
-                      },
-                      {
-                        "type": "integer"
-                      }
-                    ]
-                  }
-                }
-              },
-              "rdfType": {
-                "type": "string",
-                "description": "The RDF type for this field."
-              }
-            },
-            "examples": [
-              "{\n  \"name\": \"age\",\n  \"type\": \"integer\",\n  \"constraints\": {\n    \"unique\": true,\n    \"minimum\": 100,\n    \"maximum\": 9999\n  }\n}\n"
-            ]
-          },
-          {
-            "type": "object",
-            "title": "Date Field",
-            "description": "The field contains temporal date values.",
-            "required": [
-              "name",
-              "type"
-            ],
-            "properties": {
-              "name": {
-                "title": "Name",
-                "description": "A name for this field.",
-                "type": "string"
-              },
-              "title": {
-                "title": "Title",
-                "description": "A human-readable title.",
-                "type": "string",
-                "examples": [
-                  "{\n  \"title\": \"My Package Title\"\n}\n"
-                ]
-              },
-              "description": {
-                "title": "Description",
-                "description": "A text description. Markdown is encouraged.",
-                "type": "string",
-                "examples": [
-                  "{\n  \"description\": \"# My Package description\\nAll about my package.\"\n}\n"
-                ]
-              },
-              "example": {
-                "title": "Example",
-                "description": "An example value for the field.",
-                "type": "string",
-                "examples": [
-                  "{\n  \"example\": \"Put here an example value for your field\"\n}\n"
-                ]
-              },
-              "type": {
-                "description": "The type keyword, which `MUST` be a value of `date`.",
-                "enum": [
-                  "date"
-                ]
-              },
-              "format": {
-                "description": "The format keyword options for `date` are `default`, `any`, and `{PATTERN}`.",
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-                "default": "default"
-              },
-              "constraints": {
-                "title": "Constraints",
-                "description": "The following constraints are supported for `date` fields.",
-                "type": "object",
-                "properties": {
-                  "required": {
-                    "type": "boolean",
-                    "description": "Indicates whether a property must have a value for each instance.",
-                    "context": "An empty string is considered to be a missing value."
-                  },
-                  "unique": {
-                    "type": "boolean",
-                    "description": "When `true`, each value for the property `MUST` be unique."
-                  },
-                  "enum": {
-                    "type": "array",
-                    "minItems": 1,
-                    "uniqueItems": true,
-                    "items": {
-                      "type": "string"
-                    }
-                  },
-                  "minimum": {
-                    "type": "string"
-                  },
-                  "maximum": {
-                    "type": "string"
-                  }
-                }
-              },
-              "rdfType": {
-                "type": "string",
-                "description": "The RDF type for this field."
-              }
-            },
-            "examples": [
-              "{\n  \"name\": \"date_of_birth\",\n  \"type\": \"date\"\n}\n",
-              "{\n  \"name\": \"date_of_birth\",\n  \"type\": \"date\",\n  \"constraints\": {\n    \"minimum\": \"01-01-1900\"\n  }\n}\n",
-              "{\n  \"name\": \"date_of_birth\",\n  \"type\": \"date\",\n  \"format\": \"MM-DD-YYYY\"\n}\n"
-            ]
-          },
-          {
-            "type": "object",
-            "title": "Time Field",
-            "description": "The field contains temporal time values.",
-            "required": [
-              "name",
-              "type"
-            ],
-            "properties": {
-              "name": {
-                "title": "Name",
-                "description": "A name for this field.",
-                "type": "string"
-              },
-              "title": {
-                "title": "Title",
-                "description": "A human-readable title.",
-                "type": "string",
-                "examples": [
-                  "{\n  \"title\": \"My Package Title\"\n}\n"
-                ]
-              },
-              "description": {
-                "title": "Description",
-                "description": "A text description. Markdown is encouraged.",
-                "type": "string",
-                "examples": [
-                  "{\n  \"description\": \"# My Package description\\nAll about my package.\"\n}\n"
-                ]
-              },
-              "example": {
-                "title": "Example",
-                "description": "An example value for the field.",
-                "type": "string",
-                "examples": [
-                  "{\n  \"example\": \"Put here an example value for your field\"\n}\n"
-                ]
-              },
-              "type": {
-                "description": "The type keyword, which `MUST` be a value of `time`.",
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-                  "time"
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-              },
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-                "description": "The format keyword options for `time` are `default`, `any`, and `{PATTERN}`.",
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-                "default": "default"
-              },
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-                "title": "Constraints",
-                "description": "The following constraints are supported for `time` fields.",
-                "type": "object",
-                "properties": {
-                  "required": {
-                    "type": "boolean",
-                    "description": "Indicates whether a property must have a value for each instance.",
-                    "context": "An empty string is considered to be a missing value."
-                  },
-                  "unique": {
-                    "type": "boolean",
-                    "description": "When `true`, each value for the property `MUST` be unique."
-                  },
-                  "enum": {
-                    "type": "array",
-                    "minItems": 1,
-                    "uniqueItems": true,
-                    "items": {
-                      "type": "string"
-                    }
-                  },
-                  "minimum": {
-                    "type": "string"
-                  },
-                  "maximum": {
-                    "type": "string"
-                  }
-                }
-              },
-              "rdfType": {
-                "type": "string",
-                "description": "The RDF type for this field."
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-            },
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-              "{\n  \"name\": \"appointment_start\",\n  \"type\": \"time\"\n}\n",
-              "{\n  \"name\": \"appointment_start\",\n  \"type\": \"time\",\n  \"format\": \"any\"\n}\n"
-            ]
-          },
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-            "type": "object",
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-              "name",
-              "type"
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-              "name": {
-                "title": "Name",
-                "description": "A name for this field.",
-                "type": "string"
-              },
-              "title": {
-                "title": "Title",
-                "description": "A human-readable title.",
-                "type": "string",
-                "examples": [
-                  "{\n  \"title\": \"My Package Title\"\n}\n"
-                ]
-              },
-              "description": {
-                "title": "Description",
-                "description": "A text description. Markdown is encouraged.",
-                "type": "string",
-                "examples": [
-                  "{\n  \"description\": \"# My Package description\\nAll about my package.\"\n}\n"
-                ]
-              },
-              "example": {
-                "title": "Example",
-                "description": "An example value for the field.",
-                "type": "string",
-                "examples": [
-                  "{\n  \"example\": \"Put here an example value for your field\"\n}\n"
-                ]
-              },
-              "type": {
-                "description": "The type keyword, which `MUST` be a value of `datetime`.",
-                "enum": [
-                  "datetime"
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-                "description": "The format keyword options for `datetime` are `default`, `any`, and `{PATTERN}`.",
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-                "default": "default"
-              },
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-                "title": "Constraints",
-                "description": "The following constraints are supported for `datetime` fields.",
-                "type": "object",
-                "properties": {
-                  "required": {
-                    "type": "boolean",
-                    "description": "Indicates whether a property must have a value for each instance.",
-                    "context": "An empty string is considered to be a missing value."
-                  },
-                  "unique": {
-                    "type": "boolean",
-                    "description": "When `true`, each value for the property `MUST` be unique."
-                  },
-                  "enum": {
-                    "type": "array",
-                    "minItems": 1,
-                    "uniqueItems": true,
-                    "items": {
-                      "type": "string"
-                    }
-                  },
-                  "minimum": {
-                    "type": "string"
-                  },
-                  "maximum": {
-                    "type": "string"
-                  }
-                }
-              },
-              "rdfType": {
-                "type": "string",
-                "description": "The RDF type for this field."
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-            },
-            "examples": [
-              "{\n  \"name\": \"timestamp\",\n  \"type\": \"datetime\"\n}\n",
-              "{\n  \"name\": \"timestamp\",\n  \"type\": \"datetime\",\n  \"format\": \"default\"\n}\n"
-            ]
-          },
-          {
-            "type": "object",
-            "title": "Year Field",
-            "description": "A calendar year, being an integer with 4 digits. Equivalent to [gYear in XML Schema](https://www.w3.org/TR/xmlschema-2/#gYear)",
-            "required": [
-              "name",
-              "type"
-            ],
-            "properties": {
-              "name": {
-                "title": "Name",
-                "description": "A name for this field.",
-                "type": "string"
-              },
-              "title": {
-                "title": "Title",
-                "description": "A human-readable title.",
-                "type": "string",
-                "examples": [
-                  "{\n  \"title\": \"My Package Title\"\n}\n"
-                ]
-              },
-              "description": {
-                "title": "Description",
-                "description": "A text description. Markdown is encouraged.",
-                "type": "string",
-                "examples": [
-                  "{\n  \"description\": \"# My Package description\\nAll about my package.\"\n}\n"
-                ]
-              },
-              "example": {
-                "title": "Example",
-                "description": "An example value for the field.",
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-                "examples": [
-                  "{\n  \"example\": \"Put here an example value for your field\"\n}\n"
-                ]
-              },
-              "type": {
-                "description": "The type keyword, which `MUST` be a value of `year`.",
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-                  "year"
-                ]
-              },
-              "format": {
-                "description": "There are no format keyword options for `year`: only `default` is allowed.",
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-                  "default"
-                ],
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-              },
-              "constraints": {
-                "title": "Constraints",
-                "description": "The following constraints are supported for `year` fields.",
-                "type": "object",
-                "properties": {
-                  "required": {
-                    "type": "boolean",
-                    "description": "Indicates whether a property must have a value for each instance.",
-                    "context": "An empty string is considered to be a missing value."
-                  },
-                  "unique": {
-                    "type": "boolean",
-                    "description": "When `true`, each value for the property `MUST` be unique."
-                  },
-                  "enum": {
-                    "oneOf": [
-                      {
-                        "type": "array",
-                        "minItems": 1,
-                        "uniqueItems": true,
-                        "items": {
-                          "type": "string"
-                        }
-                      },
-                      {
-                        "type": "array",
-                        "minItems": 1,
-                        "uniqueItems": true,
-                        "items": {
-                          "type": "integer"
-                        }
-                      }
-                    ]
-                  },
-                  "minimum": {
-                    "oneOf": [
-                      {
-                        "type": "string"
-                      },
-                      {
-                        "type": "integer"
-                      }
-                    ]
-                  },
-                  "maximum": {
-                    "oneOf": [
-                      {
-                        "type": "string"
-                      },
-                      {
-                        "type": "integer"
-                      }
-                    ]
-                  }
-                }
-              },
-              "rdfType": {
-                "type": "string",
-                "description": "The RDF type for this field."
-              }
-            },
-            "examples": [
-              "{\n  \"name\": \"year\",\n  \"type\": \"year\"\n}\n",
-              "{\n  \"name\": \"year\",\n  \"type\": \"year\",\n  \"constraints\": {\n    \"minimum\": 1970,\n    \"maximum\": 2003\n  }\n}\n"
-            ]
-          },
-          {
-            "type": "object",
-            "title": "Year Month Field",
-            "description": "A calendar year month, being an integer with 1 or 2 digits. Equivalent to [gYearMonth in XML Schema](https://www.w3.org/TR/xmlschema-2/#gYearMonth)",
-            "required": [
-              "name",
-              "type"
-            ],
-            "properties": {
-              "name": {
-                "title": "Name",
-                "description": "A name for this field.",
-                "type": "string"
-              },
-              "title": {
-                "title": "Title",
-                "description": "A human-readable title.",
-                "type": "string",
-                "examples": [
-                  "{\n  \"title\": \"My Package Title\"\n}\n"
-                ]
-              },
-              "description": {
-                "title": "Description",
-                "description": "A text description. Markdown is encouraged.",
-                "type": "string",
-                "examples": [
-                  "{\n  \"description\": \"# My Package description\\nAll about my package.\"\n}\n"
-                ]
-              },
-              "example": {
-                "title": "Example",
-                "description": "An example value for the field.",
-                "type": "string",
-                "examples": [
-                  "{\n  \"example\": \"Put here an example value for your field\"\n}\n"
-                ]
-              },
-              "type": {
-                "description": "The type keyword, which `MUST` be a value of `yearmonth`.",
-                "enum": [
-                  "yearmonth"
-                ]
-              },
-              "format": {
-                "description": "There are no format keyword options for `yearmonth`: only `default` is allowed.",
-                "enum": [
-                  "default"
-                ],
-                "default": "default"
-              },
-              "constraints": {
-                "title": "Constraints",
-                "description": "The following constraints are supported for `yearmonth` fields.",
-                "type": "object",
-                "properties": {
-                  "required": {
-                    "type": "boolean",
-                    "description": "Indicates whether a property must have a value for each instance.",
-                    "context": "An empty string is considered to be a missing value."
-                  },
-                  "unique": {
-                    "type": "boolean",
-                    "description": "When `true`, each value for the property `MUST` be unique."
-                  },
-                  "enum": {
-                    "type": "array",
-                    "minItems": 1,
-                    "uniqueItems": true,
-                    "items": {
-                      "type": "string"
-                    }
-                  },
-                  "minimum": {
-                    "type": "string"
-                  },
-                  "maximum": {
-                    "type": "string"
-                  }
-                }
-              },
-              "rdfType": {
-                "type": "string",
-                "description": "The RDF type for this field."
-              }
-            },
-            "examples": [
-              "{\n  \"name\": \"month\",\n  \"type\": \"yearmonth\"\n}\n",
-              "{\n  \"name\": \"month\",\n  \"type\": \"yearmonth\",\n  \"constraints\": {\n    \"minimum\": 1,\n    \"maximum\": 6\n  }\n}\n"
-            ]
-          },
-          {
-            "type": "object",
-            "title": "Boolean Field",
-            "description": "The field contains boolean (true/false) data.",
-            "required": [
-              "name",
-              "type"
-            ],
-            "properties": {
-              "name": {
-                "title": "Name",
-                "description": "A name for this field.",
-                "type": "string"
-              },
-              "title": {
-                "title": "Title",
-                "description": "A human-readable title.",
-                "type": "string",
-                "examples": [
-                  "{\n  \"title\": \"My Package Title\"\n}\n"
-                ]
-              },
-              "description": {
-                "title": "Description",
-                "description": "A text description. Markdown is encouraged.",
-                "type": "string",
-                "examples": [
-                  "{\n  \"description\": \"# My Package description\\nAll about my package.\"\n}\n"
-                ]
-              },
-              "example": {
-                "title": "Example",
-                "description": "An example value for the field.",
-                "type": "string",
-                "examples": [
-                  "{\n  \"example\": \"Put here an example value for your field\"\n}\n"
-                ]
-              },
-              "type": {
-                "description": "The type keyword, which `MUST` be a value of `boolean`.",
-                "enum": [
-                  "boolean"
-                ]
-              },
-              "format": {
-                "description": "There are no format keyword options for `boolean`: only `default` is allowed.",
-                "enum": [
-                  "default"
-                ],
-                "default": "default"
-              },
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-                "type": "array",
-                "minItems": 1,
-                "items": {
-                  "type": "string"
-                },
-                "default": [
-                  "true",
-                  "True",
-                  "TRUE",
-                  "1"
-                ]
-              },
-              "falseValues": {
-                "type": "array",
-                "minItems": 1,
-                "items": {
-                  "type": "string"
-                },
-                "default": [
-                  "false",
-                  "False",
-                  "FALSE",
-                  "0"
-                ]
-              },
-              "constraints": {
-                "title": "Constraints",
-                "description": "The following constraints are supported for `boolean` fields.",
-                "type": "object",
-                "properties": {
-                  "required": {
-                    "type": "boolean",
-                    "description": "Indicates whether a property must have a value for each instance.",
-                    "context": "An empty string is considered to be a missing value."
-                  },
-                  "enum": {
-                    "type": "array",
-                    "minItems": 1,
-                    "uniqueItems": true,
-                    "items": {
-                      "type": "boolean"
-                    }
-                  }
-                }
-              },
-              "rdfType": {
-                "type": "string",
-                "description": "The RDF type for this field."
-              }
-            },
-            "examples": [
-              "{\n  \"name\": \"registered\",\n  \"type\": \"boolean\"\n}\n"
-            ]
-          },
-          {
-            "type": "object",
-            "title": "Object Field",
-            "description": "The field contains data which can be parsed as a valid JSON object.",
-            "required": [
-              "name",
-              "type"
-            ],
-            "properties": {
-              "name": {
-                "title": "Name",
-                "description": "A name for this field.",
-                "type": "string"
-              },
-              "title": {
-                "title": "Title",
-                "description": "A human-readable title.",
-                "type": "string",
-                "examples": [
-                  "{\n  \"title\": \"My Package Title\"\n}\n"
-                ]
-              },
-              "description": {
-                "title": "Description",
-                "description": "A text description. Markdown is encouraged.",
-                "type": "string",
-                "examples": [
-                  "{\n  \"description\": \"# My Package description\\nAll about my package.\"\n}\n"
-                ]
-              },
-              "example": {
-                "title": "Example",
-                "description": "An example value for the field.",
-                "type": "string",
-                "examples": [
-                  "{\n  \"example\": \"Put here an example value for your field\"\n}\n"
-                ]
-              },
-              "type": {
-                "description": "The type keyword, which `MUST` be a value of `object`.",
-                "enum": [
-                  "object"
-                ]
-              },
-              "format": {
-                "description": "There are no format keyword options for `object`: only `default` is allowed.",
-                "enum": [
-                  "default"
-                ],
-                "default": "default"
-              },
-              "constraints": {
-                "title": "Constraints",
-                "description": "The following constraints apply for `object` fields.",
-                "type": "object",
-                "properties": {
-                  "required": {
-                    "type": "boolean",
-                    "description": "Indicates whether a property must have a value for each instance.",
-                    "context": "An empty string is considered to be a missing value."
-                  },
-                  "unique": {
-                    "type": "boolean",
-                    "description": "When `true`, each value for the property `MUST` be unique."
-                  },
-                  "enum": {
-                    "oneOf": [
-                      {
-                        "type": "array",
-                        "minItems": 1,
-                        "uniqueItems": true,
-                        "items": {
-                          "type": "string"
-                        }
-                      },
-                      {
-                        "type": "array",
-                        "minItems": 1,
-                        "uniqueItems": true,
-                        "items": {
-                          "type": "object"
-                        }
-                      }
-                    ]
-                  },
-                  "minLength": {
-                    "type": "integer",
-                    "description": "An integer that specifies the minimum length of a value."
-                  },
-                  "maxLength": {
-                    "type": "integer",
-                    "description": "An integer that specifies the maximum length of a value."
-                  }
-                }
-              },
-              "rdfType": {
-                "type": "string",
-                "description": "The RDF type for this field."
-              }
-            },
-            "examples": [
-              "{\n  \"name\": \"extra\"\n  \"type\": \"object\"\n}\n"
-            ]
-          },
-          {
-            "type": "object",
-            "title": "GeoPoint Field",
-            "description": "The field contains data describing a geographic point.",
-            "required": [
-              "name",
-              "type"
-            ],
-            "properties": {
-              "name": {
-                "title": "Name",
-                "description": "A name for this field.",
-                "type": "string"
-              },
-              "title": {
-                "title": "Title",
-                "description": "A human-readable title.",
-                "type": "string",
-                "examples": [
-                  "{\n  \"title\": \"My Package Title\"\n}\n"
-                ]
-              },
-              "description": {
-                "title": "Description",
-                "description": "A text description. Markdown is encouraged.",
-                "type": "string",
-                "examples": [
-                  "{\n  \"description\": \"# My Package description\\nAll about my package.\"\n}\n"
-                ]
-              },
-              "example": {
-                "title": "Example",
-                "description": "An example value for the field.",
-                "type": "string",
-                "examples": [
-                  "{\n  \"example\": \"Put here an example value for your field\"\n}\n"
-                ]
-              },
-              "type": {
-                "description": "The type keyword, which `MUST` be a value of `geopoint`.",
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-                  "geopoint"
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-              },
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-                  "object"
-                ],
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-              },
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-                "title": "Constraints",
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-                "type": "object",
-                "properties": {
-                  "required": {
-                    "type": "boolean",
-                    "description": "Indicates whether a property must have a value for each instance.",
-                    "context": "An empty string is considered to be a missing value."
-                  },
-                  "unique": {
-                    "type": "boolean",
-                    "description": "When `true`, each value for the property `MUST` be unique."
-                  },
-                  "enum": {
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-                      {
-                        "type": "array",
-                        "minItems": 1,
-                        "uniqueItems": true,
-                        "items": {
-                          "type": "string"
-                        }
-                      },
-                      {
-                        "type": "array",
-                        "minItems": 1,
-                        "uniqueItems": true,
-                        "items": {
-                          "type": "array"
-                        }
-                      },
-                      {
-                        "type": "array",
-                        "minItems": 1,
-                        "uniqueItems": true,
-                        "items": {
-                          "type": "object"
-                        }
-                      }
-                    ]
-                  }
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-              },
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-              "title": {
-                "title": "Title",
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-              "type"
-            ],
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-                "title": "Name",
-                "description": "A name for this field.",
-                "type": "string"
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-              "title": {
-                "title": "Title",
-                "description": "A human-readable title.",
-                "type": "string",
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-              "description": {
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-                "description": "A text description. Markdown is encouraged.",
-                "type": "string",
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-                "title": "Example",
-                "description": "An example value for the field.",
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-                    "description": "Indicates whether a property must have a value for each instance.",
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-        "{\n  \"fields\": [\n    {\n      \"name\": \"my-field-name\",\n      \"type\": \"number\"\n    },\n    {\n      \"name\": \"my-field-name-2\",\n      \"type\": \"string\",\n      \"format\": \"email\"\n    }\n  ]\n}\n"
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-        "{\n  \"primaryKey\": [\n    \"name\"\n  ]\n}\n",
-        "{\n  \"primaryKey\": [\n    \"first_name\",\n    \"last_name\"\n  ]\n}\n"
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-        "type": "object",
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-          "reference"
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-        "oneOf": [
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-                "type": "array",
-                "items": {
-                  "type": "string",
-                  "minItems": 1,
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-        "{\n  \"foreignKeys\": [\n    {\n      \"fields\": \"state\",\n      \"reference\": {\n        \"resource\": \"\",\n        \"fields\": \"id\"\n      }\n    }\n  ]\n}\n"
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-        "{\n  \"missingValues\": []\n}\n"
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-  ]
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diff --git a/spec/tides-data-package.json b/spec/tides-data-package.json
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--- a/spec/tides-data-package.json
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-{
-    "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
-    "title": "TIDES Data Package",
-    "description": "TIDES Data Package is a simple specification for data access and delivery of tabular TIDES transit data.",
-    "type": "object",
-    "required": [
-      "profile",
-      "resources",
-      "title"
-    ],
-    "properties": {
-      "profile": {
-        "enum": [
-          "tides-data-package"
-        ],
-        "propertyOrder": 10,
-        "title": "Profile",
-        "description": "The profile of this descriptor.",
-        "context": "Every Package and Resource descriptor has a profile. The default profile, if none is declared, is `data-package` for Package and `data-resource` for Resource.",
-        "type": "string",
-        "examples": [
-          "{\n  \"profile\": \"tides-data-package\"\n}\n",
-          "{\n  \"profile\": \"http://example.com/my-profiles-json-schema.json\"\n}\n"
-        ]
-      },
-      "title": {
-        "propertyOrder": 20,
-        "title": "Title",
-        "description": "A human-readable title.",
-        "type": "string",
-        "examples": [
-          "{\n  \"title\": \"My Package Title\"\n}\n"
-        ]
-      },
-      "name": {
-        "propertyOrder": 30,
-        "title": "Name",
-        "description": "Short sluggable (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clean_URL#Slug) identifier string.",
-        "type": "string",
-        "pattern": "^([-a-z0-9._/])+$",
-        "context": "This is ideally a url-usable and human-readable name. Name `SHOULD` be invariant, meaning it `SHOULD NOT` change when its parent descriptor is updated.",
-        "examples": [
-          "{\n  \"name\": \"tides-data-package\"\n}\n"
-        ]
-      },
-      "description": {
-        "propertyOrder": 40,
-        "format": "textarea",
-        "title": "Description",
-        "description": "Short description of TIDES data package.",
-        "type": "string",
-        "examples": [
-          "{\n  \"description\": \"# My Package description\\nAll about my package.\"\n}\n"
-        ]
-      },
-      "agency": {
-        "propertyOrder": 50,
-        "format": "textarea",
-        "title": "Agency",
-        "description": "Transit agency name.",
-        "type": "string",
-        "examples": [
-          "{\n  \"agency\": \"Coos County Area Transit\"\n}\n"
-        ]
-      },
-      "ntd_id": {
-        "propertyOrder": 60,
-        "title": "NTD ID",
-        "description": "ID for the National Transit Database.",
-        "type": "string",
-        "pattern": "^([-a-z0-9._/])+$",
-        "context": "Background on NTD available at https://www.transit.dot.gov/ntd",
-        "examples": [
-          "{\n  \"ntd_id\": \"0R02-00307\"\n}\n"
-        ]
-      },
-      "contributors": {
-        "propertyOrder": 70,
-        "title": "Contributors",
-        "description": "Array of data contributors `[{\"title\": \"My Name\", \"github\": \"my_handl\", \"email\": \"me@myself.com\"}]`",
-        "type": "array",
-        "minItems": 1,
-        "items": {
-          "title": "Contributor",
-          "description": "A contributor to this descriptor.",
-          "properties": {
-            "name": {
-              "title": "Name",
-              "description": "A human-readable name.",
-              "type": "string",
-              "examples": [
-                "{\n  \"title\": \"Frank Julian Sprague\"\n}\n"
-              ]
-            },
-            "email": {
-              "title": "Email",
-              "description": "An email address.",
-              "type": "string",
-              "format": "email",
-              "examples": [
-                "{\n  \"email\": \"example@example.com\"\n}\n"
-              ]
-            },
-            "organization": {
-              "title": "Organization",
-              "description": "An organizational affiliation for this contributor.",
-              "type": "string"
-            },
-            "role": {
-              "title": "Role",
-              "description": "The contributor's role in the project",
-              "type": "string",
-              "default": "contributor"
-            }
-          },
-          "required": [
-            "title"
-          ],
-          "context": "Use of this property does not imply that the person was the original creator of, or a contributor to, the data in the descriptor, but refers to the composition of the descriptor itself."
-        },
-        "examples": [
-          "{\n  \"contributors\": [\n    {\n      \"name\": \"Joe Bloggs\"\n    }\n  ]\n}\n",
-          "{\n  \"contributors\": [\n    {\n      \"name\": \"Miriam Coates\",\n      \"email\": \"joe@example.com\",\n      \"role\": \"author\"\n    }\n  ]\n}\n"
-        ]
-      },
-      "maintainers": {
-        "propertyOrder": 80,
-        "title": "Maintainers",
-        "description": "Array of data maintainers `[{\"title\": \"My Name\", \"github\": \"my_handl\", \"email\": \"me@myself.com\"}]`",
-        "type": "array",
-        "minItems": 1,
-        "items": {
-          "title": "Maintainer",
-          "description": "A maintainer of this descriptor.",
-          "properties": {
-            "name": {
-              "title": "Name",
-              "description": "A human-readable name.",
-              "type": "string",
-              "examples": [
-                "{\n  \"name\": \"George Francis Train\"\n}\n"
-              ]
-            },
-            "email": {
-              "title": "Email",
-              "description": "An email address.",
-              "type": "string",
-              "format": "email",
-              "examples": [
-                "{\n  \"email\": \"example@example.com\"\n}\n"
-              ]
-            },
-            "organization": {
-              "title": "Organization",
-              "description": "An organizational affiliation for this maintainer.",
-              "type": "string"
-            },
-            "role": {
-              "title": "Role",
-              "description": "The maintainer's role in the project",
-              "type": "string",
-              "default": "maintainer"
-            }
-          },
-          "required": [
-            "title"
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-          "context": "Use of this property does not imply that the person was the original creator of, or a contributor to, the data in the descriptor, but refers to the composition of the descriptor itself."
-        },
-        "examples": [
-          "{\n  \"maintainers\": [\n    {\n      \"name\": \"Joe Bloggs\"\n    }\n  ]\n}\n",
-          "{\n  \"maintainers\": [\n    {\n      \"name\": \"Miriam Coates\",\n      \"email\": \"joe@example.com\",\n      \"role\": \"author\"\n    }\n  ]\n}\n"
-        ]
-      },
-      "licenses": {
-        "propertyOrder": 90,
-        "title": "Licenses",
-        "description": "The license(s) under which this package is published.",
-        "type": "array",
-        "minItems": 1,
-        "items": {
-          "title": "License",
-          "description": "A license for this descriptor.",
-          "type": "object",
-          "anyOf": [
-            {
-              "required": [
-                "name"
-              ]
-            },
-            {
-              "required": [
-                "path"
-              ]
-            }
-          ],
-          "properties": {
-            "name": {
-              "title": "Open Definition license identifier",
-              "description": "MUST be an Open Definition license identifier, see http://licenses.opendefinition.org/",
-              "type": "string",
-              "pattern": "^([-a-zA-Z0-9._])+$"
-            },
-            "path": {
-              "title": "Path",
-              "description": "A fully qualified public URL, or a Unix-style relative file path.",
-              "type": "string",
-              "pattern": "^(?=^[^./~])(^((?!\\.{2}).)*$).*$",
-              "examples": [
-                "{\n  \"path\": \"/license.md\"\n}\n",
-                "{\n  \"path\": \"https://opensource.org/license/gpl-2-0/\"\n}\n"
-              ],
-              "context": "Implementations need to negotiate the type of path provided, and dereference the data accordingly."
-            },
-            "title": {
-              "title": "Title",
-              "description": "A human-readable title.",
-              "type": "string",
-              "examples": [
-                "{\n  \"title\": \"My Package Title\"\n}\n"
-              ]
-            }
-          }
-        },
-        "context": "This property is not legally binding and does not guarantee that the package is licensed under the terms defined herein.",
-        "examples": [
-          "{\n  \"licenses\": [\n    {\n      \"name\": \"odc-pddl-1.0\",\n      \"path\": \"http://opendatacommons.org/licenses/pddl/\",\n      \"title\": \"Open Data Commons Public Domain Dedication and License v1.0\"\n    }\n  ]\n}\n"
-        ]
-      },
-      "resources": {
-        "propertyOrder": 100,
-        "title": "Tabular Data Resources",
-        "description": "Array of data files included in your package, formated as a tabular-data-resource",
-        "type": "array",
-        "minItems": 1,
-        "items": {
-          "title": "Tabular Data Resource",
-          "description": "A Tabular Data Resource.",
-          "type": "object",
-          "required": [
-              "name",
-              "path",
-              "schema"
-          ],
-          "properties": {
-            "profile": {
-              "enum": [
-                "tabular-data-resource"
-              ],
-              "propertyOrder": 10,
-              "title": "Profile",
-              "description": "Should be `tides-data-package`",
-              "context": "Every Package and Resource descriptor has a profile. The default profile, if none is declared, is `data-package` for Package and `data-resource` for Resource.",
-              "type": "string",
-              "examples": [
-                "{\n  \"profile\": \"tides-data-package\"\n}\n",
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-              ]
-            },
-            "name": {
-              "propertyOrder": 20,
-              "title": "Name",
-              "description": "An identifier string. Lower case characters with `.`, `_`, `-` and `/` are allowed.",
-              "type": "string",
-              "pattern": "^([-a-z0-9._/])+$",
-              "context": "This is ideally a url-usable and human-readable name. Name `SHOULD` be invariant, meaning it `SHOULD NOT` change when its parent descriptor is updated.",
-              "examples": [
-                "{\n  \"name\": \"tabular-data-resource\"\n}\n"
-              ]
-            },
-            "path": {
-              "propertyOrder": 30,
-              "title": "Path",
-              "description": "A reference to the data for this resource, as a valid URI string.",
-              "type": "string",
-              "pattern": "^(?=^[^./~])(^((?!\\.{2}).)*$).*$",
-              "examples": [
-                "{\n  \"path\": \"file.csv\"\n}\n",
-                "{\n  \"path\": \"http://example.com/file.csv\"\n}\n"
-              ],
-              "context": "Implementations need to negotiate the type of path provided, and dereference the data accordingly."
-            },
-            "schema": {
-              "propertyOrder": 40,
-              "title": "Table Schema",
-              "description": "A Table Schema for this resource, compliant with one of the [TIDES](/) table specifications.",
-              "type": "string",
-              "required": [
-                "name",
-                "path"
-              ],
-              "properties": {
-                "name": {
-                  "propertyOrder": 10,
-                  "title": "Name",
-                  "description": "An identifier string corresponding to the name of one of the table specs in the TIDES data package",
-                  "type": "string",
-                  "pattern": "^([-a-z0-9._/])+$",
-                  "examples": [
-                    "{\n  \"name\": \"fare_transactions\"\n}\n",
-                    "{\n  \"name\": \"train_cars\"\n}\n"
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-                },
-                "path": {
-                  "propertyOrder": 20,
-                  "title": "Path",
-                  "description": "A fully qualified public URL, or a relative Unix-style file path, leading to a place where the relevant table spec is defined.",
-                  "type": "string",
-                  "pattern": "^(?=^[^./~])(^((?!\\.{2}).)*$).*$",
-                  "examples": [
-                    "{\n  \"path\": \"/fare_transactions.schema.json\"\n}\n",
-                    "{\n  \"path\": \"https://github.com/TIDES-transit/TIDES/blob/main/spec/train_cars.schema.json\"\n}\n"
-                  ]
-                }
-              },
-              "examples": [
-                "{\n  \"schema\": {\n    \"fields\": [\n      {\n        \"name\": \"first_name\",\n        \"type\": \"string\"\n        \"constraints\": {\n          \"required\": true\n        }\n      },\n      {\n        \"name\": \"age\",\n        \"type\": \"integer\"\n      },\n    ],\n    \"primaryKey\": [\n      \"name\"\n    ]\n  }\n}\n"
-              ]
-            },
-            "title": {
-              "title": "Title",
-              "description": "A human-readable title.",
-              "type": "string",
-              "examples": [
-                "{\n  \"title\": \"My Package Title\"\n}\n"
-              ],
-              "propertyOrder": 50
-            },
-            "description": {
-              "title": "Description",
-              "description": "A text description. Markdown is encouraged.",
-              "type": "string",
-              "examples": [
-                "{\n  \"description\": \"# My Package description\\nAll about my package.\"\n}\n"
-              ],
-              "propertyOrder": 60,
-              "format": "textarea"
-            },
-            "homepage": {
-              "propertyOrder": 70,
-              "title": "Home Page",
-              "description": "The home on the web that is related to this data package.",
-              "type": "string",
-              "format": "uri",
-              "examples": [
-                "{\n  \"homepage\": \"http://example.com/\"\n}\n"
-              ]
-            },
-            "sources": {
-              "propertyOrder": 140,
-              "options": {
-                "hidden": true
-              },
-              "title": "Sources",
-              "description": "The raw sources for this resource.",
-              "type": "array",
-              "minItems": 0,
-              "items": {
-                "title": "Source",
-                "description": "A source file.",
-                "type": "object",
-                "required": [
-                  "title"
-                ],
-                "properties": {
-                  "title": {
-                    "title": "Title",
-                    "description": "Description of the data source.",
-                    "type": "string",
-                    "examples": [
-                      "{\n  \"title\": \"My Package Title\"\n}\n"
-                    ]
-                  },
-                  "component": {
-                    "title": "Component",
-                    "description": "What technology component was used to generate this data (directly or indirectly)? Examples include `AVL`, `APC`, `AFC`, etc.",
-                    "type": "string"
-                  },
-                  "product": {
-                    "title": "Product",
-                    "description": "What product was used to generate this data (directly or indirectly)?",
-                    "type": "string"
-                  },
-                  "product_version": {
-                    "title": "Product Version",
-                    "description": "Describe the version of the product was used.",
-                    "type": "string"
-                  },
-                  "vendor": {
-                    "title": "Vendor",
-                    "description": "What company makes this product?",
-                    "type": "string"
-                  }
-                }
-              }
-            },
-            "licenses": {
-              "description": "Should be `[{\"name\": \"Apache-2.0\"}]` to be consistent with this repository",
-              "propertyOrder": 150,
-              "options": {
-                "hidden": true
-              },
-              "title": "Licenses",
-              "type": "array",
-              "minItems": 1,
-              "items": {
-                "title": "License",
-                "description": "A license for this descriptor.",
-                "type": "object",
-                "anyOf": [
-                  {
-                    "required": [
-                      "name"
-                    ]
-                  },
-                  {
-                    "required": [
-                      "path"
-                    ]
-                  }
-                ],
-                "properties": {
-                  "name": {
-                    "title": "Open Definition license identifier",
-                    "description": "MUST be an Open Definition license identifier, see http://licenses.opendefinition.org/",
-                    "type": "string",
-                    "pattern": "^([-a-zA-Z0-9._])+$"
-                  },
-                  "path": {
-                    "title": "Path",
-                    "description": "A fully qualified public URL, or a relative Unix-style file path.",
-                    "type": "string",
-                    "pattern": "^(?=^[^./~])(^((?!\\.{2}).)*$).*$",
-                    "examples": [
-                      "{\n  \"path\": \"/license.md\"\n}\n",
-                      "{\n  \"path\": \"https://opensource.org/license/apache-2-0/\"\n}\n"
-                    ],
-                    "context": "Implementations need to negotiate the type of path provided, and dereference the data accordingly."
-                  },
-                  "title": {
-                    "title": "Title",
-                    "description": "A human-readable title.",
-                    "type": "string",
-                    "examples": [
-                      "{\n  \"title\": \"My Package Title\"\n}\n"
-                    ]
-                  }
-                }
-              },
-              "context": "This property is not legally binding and does not guarantee that the package is licensed under the terms defined herein.",
-              "examples": [
-                "{\n  \"licenses\": [\n    {\n      \"name\": \"odc-pddl-1.0\",\n      \"path\": \"http://opendatacommons.org/licenses/pddl/\",\n      \"title\": \"Open Data Commons Public Domain Dedication and License v1.0\"\n    }\n  ]\n}\n"
-              ]
-            },
-            "dialect": {
-              "propertyOrder": 50,
-              "title": "CSV Dialect",
-              "description": "The CSV dialect descriptor.",
-              "type": [
-                "string",
-                "object"
-              ],
-              "required": [
-                "delimiter",
-                "doubleQuote"
-              ],
-              "properties": {
-                "csvddfVersion": {
-                  "title": "CSV Dialect schema version",
-                  "description": "A number to indicate the schema version of CSV Dialect. Version 1.0 was named CSV Dialect Description Format and used different field names.",
-                  "type": "number",
-                  "default": 1.2,
-                  "examples:": [
-                    "{\n  \"csvddfVersion\": \"1.2\"\n}\n"
-                  ]
-                },
-                "delimiter": {
-                  "title": "Delimiter",
-                  "description": "A character sequence to use as the field separator.",
-                  "type": "string",
-                  "default": ",",
-                  "examples": [
-                    "{\n  \"delimiter\": \",\"\n}\n",
-                    "{\n  \"delimiter\": \";\"\n}\n"
-                  ]
-                },
-                "doubleQuote": {
-                  "title": "Double Quote",
-                  "description": "Specifies the handling of quotes inside fields.",
-                  "context": "If Double Quote is set to true, two consecutive quotes must be interpreted as one.",
-                  "type": "boolean",
-                  "default": true,
-                  "examples": [
-                    "{\n  \"doubleQuote\": true\n}\n"
-                  ]
-                },
-                "lineTerminator": {
-                  "title": "Line Terminator",
-                  "description": "Specifies the character sequence that must be used to terminate rows.",
-                  "type": "string",
-                  "default": "\r\n",
-                  "examples": [
-                    "{\n  \"lineTerminator\": \"\\r\\n\"\n}\n",
-                    "{\n  \"lineTerminator\": \"\\n\"\n}\n"
-                  ]
-                },
-                "nullSequence": {
-                  "title": "Null Sequence",
-                  "description": "Specifies the null sequence, for example, `\\N`.",
-                  "type": "string",
-                  "examples": [
-                    "{\n  \"nullSequence\": \"\\N\"\n}\n"
-                  ]
-                },
-                "quoteChar": {
-                  "title": "Quote Character",
-                  "description": "Specifies a one-character string to use as the quoting character.",
-                  "type": "string",
-                  "default": "\"",
-                  "examples": [
-                    "{\n  \"quoteChar\": \"'\"\n}\n"
-                  ]
-                },
-                "escapeChar": {
-                  "title": "Escape Character",
-                  "description": "Specifies a one-character string to use as the escape character.",
-                  "type": "string",
-                  "examples": [
-                    "{\n  \"escapeChar\": \"\\\\\"\n}\n"
-                  ]
-                },
-                "skipInitialSpace": {
-                  "title": "Skip Initial Space",
-                  "description": "Specifies the interpretation of whitespace immediately following a delimiter. If false, whitespace immediately after a delimiter should be treated as part of the subsequent field.",
-                  "type": "boolean",
-                  "default": false,
-                  "examples": [
-                    "{\n  \"skipInitialSpace\": true\n}\n"
-                  ]
-                },
-                "header": {
-                  "title": "Header",
-                  "description": "Specifies if the file includes a header row, always as the first row in the file.",
-                  "type": "boolean",
-                  "default": true,
-                  "examples": [
-                    "{\n  \"header\": true\n}\n"
-                  ]
-                },
-                "commentChar": {
-                  "title": "Comment Character",
-                  "description": "Specifies that any row beginning with this one-character string, without preceeding whitespace, causes the entire line to be ignored.",
-                  "type": "string",
-                  "examples": [
-                    "{\n  \"commentChar\": \"#\"\n}\n"
-                  ]
-                },
-                "caseSensitiveHeader": {
-                  "title": "Case Sensitive Header",
-                  "description": "Specifies if the case of headers is meaningful.",
-                  "context": "Use of case in source CSV files is not always an intentional decision. For example, should \"CAT\" and \"Cat\" be considered to have the same meaning.",
-                  "type": "boolean",
-                  "default": false,
-                  "examples": [
-                    "{\n  \"caseSensitiveHeader\": true\n}\n"
-                  ]
-                }
-              },
-              "examples": [
-                "{\n  \"dialect\": {\n    \"delimiter\": \";\"\n  }\n}\n",
-                "{\n  \"dialect\": {\n    \"delimiter\": \"\\t\",\n    \"quoteChar\": \"'\",\n    \"commentChar\": \"#\"\n  }\n}\n"
-              ]
-            },
-            "format": {
-              "propertyOrder": 80,
-              "title": "Format",
-              "description": "The file format of this resource.",
-              "context": "`csv`, `xls`, `json` are examples of common formats.",
-              "type": "string",
-              "examples": [
-                "{\n  \"format\": \"xls\"\n}\n"
-              ]
-            },
-            "mediatype": {
-              "propertyOrder": 90,
-              "title": "Media Type",
-              "description": "The media type of this resource. Can be any valid media type listed with [IANA](https://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/media-types.xhtml).",
-              "type": "string",
-              "pattern": "^(.+)/(.+)$",
-              "examples": [
-                "{\n  \"mediatype\": \"text/csv\"\n}\n"
-              ]
-            },
-            "encoding": {
-              "propertyOrder": 100,
-              "title": "Encoding",
-              "description": "The file encoding of this resource.",
-              "type": "string",
-              "default": "utf-8",
-              "examples": [
-                "{\n  \"encoding\": \"utf-8\"\n}\n"
-              ]
-            },
-            "bytes": {
-              "propertyOrder": 110,
-              "options": {
-                "hidden": true
-              },
-              "title": "Bytes",
-              "description": "The size of this resource in bytes.",
-              "type": "integer",
-              "examples": [
-                "{\n  \"bytes\": 2082\n}\n"
-              ]
-            },
-            "hash": {
-              "propertyOrder": 120,
-              "options": {
-                "hidden": true
-              },
-              "title": "Hash",
-              "type": "string",
-              "description": "The MD5 hash of this resource. Indicate other hashing algorithms with the {algorithm}:{hash} format.",
-              "pattern": "^([^:]+:[a-fA-F0-9]+|[a-fA-F0-9]{32}|)$",
-              "examples": [
-                "{\n  \"hash\": \"d25c9c77f588f5dc32059d2da1136c02\"\n}\n",
-                "{\n  \"hash\": \"SHA256:5262f12512590031bbcc9a430452bfd75c2791ad6771320bb4b5728bfb78c4d0\"\n}\n"
-              ]
-            }
-          }
-        },
-        "examples": [
-          "{\n  \"resources\": [\n    {\n      \"name\": \"my-data\",\n      \"data\": [\n        \"data.csv\"\n      ],\n      \"schema\": \"tableschema.json\",\n      \"mediatype\": \"text/csv\"\n    }\n  ]\n}\n"
-        ]
-      },
-      "sources": {
-        "propertyOrder": 110,
-        "options": {
-          "hidden": true
-        },
-        "title": "Sources",
-        "description": "Array of data sources formatted as a source. Recommended to be documented either here at the top-level or for each individual resource",
-        "type": "array",
-        "minItems": 0,
-        "items": {
-          "title": "Source",
-          "description": "A source file.",
-          "type": "object",
-          "required": [
-            "title"
-          ],
-          "properties": {
-            "title": {
-              "title": "Title",
-              "description": "A human-readable title.",
-              "type": "string",
-              "examples": [
-                "{\n  \"title\": \"My Package Title\"\n}\n"
-              ]
-            },
-            "path": {
-              "title": "Path",
-              "description": "A fully qualified URL, or a POSIX file path.",
-              "type": "string",
-              "pattern": "^(?=^[^./~])(^((?!\\.{2}).)*$).*$",
-              "examples": [
-                "{\n  \"path\": \"file.csv\"\n}\n",
-                "{\n  \"path\": \"http://example.com/file.csv\"\n}\n"
-              ],
-              "context": "Implementations need to negotiate the type of path provided, and dereference the data accordingly."
-            },
-            "email": {
-              "title": "Email",
-              "description": "An email address.",
-              "type": "string",
-              "format": "email",
-              "examples": [
-                "{\n  \"email\": \"example@example.com\"\n}\n"
-              ]
-            }
-          }
-        },
-        "examples": [
-          "{\n  \"sources\": [\n    {\n      \"title\": \"World Bank and OECD\",\n      \"path\": \"http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.MKTP.CD\"\n    }\n  ]\n}\n"
-        ]
-      }
-    }
-  }
diff --git a/spec/tides-datapackage-profile.json b/spec/tides-datapackage-profile.json
new file mode 100644
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/tides-datapackage-profile.json
@@ -0,0 +1,690 @@
+{
+  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
+  "title": "TIDES Data Package",
+  "description": "TIDES Data Package is a simple specification for data access and delivery of tabular TIDES transit data.",
+  "type": "object",
+  "required": [
+    "title",
+    "profile",
+    "resources"
+
+  ],
+  "recommended":[
+    "name",
+    "description",
+    "agency",
+    "ntd_id",
+    "licenses",
+    "contributors",
+    "maintainers"
+  ],
+  "properties": {
+    "profile": {
+      "default":  "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/TIDES-transit/TIDES/main/spec/tides-datapackage-profile.json",
+      "propertyOrder": 10,
+      "title": "Profile",
+      "description": "The json-schema profile used to validate this datapackage descriptor. Should be `https://raw.githubusercontent.com/TIDES-transit/TIDES/<spec-version-or-reference>/spec/tides-datapackage-profile.json`. Defaults to `https://raw.githubusercontent.com/TIDES-transit/TIDES/main/spec/tides-datapackage-profile.json`",
+      "format": "uri",
+      "examples": [
+        "`https://raw.githubusercontent.com/TIDES-transit/TIDES/main/spec/tides-datapackage-profile.json`"
+      ]
+    },
+    "title": {
+      "propertyOrder": 20,
+      "title": "Title",
+      "description": "A human-readable title.",
+      "type": "string",
+      "examples": [
+        "Make Believe Trolley 1/1/2001-2/1/2001"
+      ]
+    },
+    "name": {
+      "propertyOrder": 30,
+      "title": "Name",
+      "description": "Short, unique [sluggable](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clean_URL#Slug) identifier string.",
+      "type": "string",
+      "pattern": "^([-a-z0-9._/])+$",
+      "context": "This is ideally a url-usable and human-readable name. Name `SHOULD` be invariant, meaning it `SHOULD NOT` change when its parent descriptor is updated.",
+      "examples": [
+        "trolley_2001_1"
+      ]
+    },
+    "description": {
+      "propertyOrder": 40,
+      "format": "textarea",
+      "title": "Description",
+      "description": "Short description of TIDES data package.",
+      "type": "string",
+      "examples": [
+        "Raw and processed data from the Neighborhood of Make Believe Trolley recorded 1/1/2001-2/1/2001"
+      ]
+    },
+    "agency": {
+      "propertyOrder": 50,
+      "format": "textarea",
+      "title": "Agency",
+      "description": "Transit agency name.",
+      "type": "string",
+      "examples": [
+        "Make Believe Neighborhood Trolley"
+      ]
+    },
+    "ntd_id": {
+      "propertyOrder": 60,
+      "title": "NTD ID",
+      "description": "ID for the National Transit Database.",
+      "type": "string",
+      "pattern": "^([-a-z0-9._/])+$",
+      "context": "Background on NTD available at https://www.transit.dot.gov/ntd",
+      "examples": [
+        "0R02-00307"
+      ]
+    },
+    "contributors": {
+      "propertyOrder": 70,
+      "title": "Contributors",
+      "description": "Array of data contributors.",
+      "type": "array",
+      "minItems": 1,
+      "items": {
+        "title": "Contributor",
+        "description": "A contributor to this descriptor.",
+        "type": "object",
+        "properties": {
+          "name": {
+            "title": "Name",
+            "description": "A human-readable name.",
+            "type": "string",
+            "examples": [
+              "Daniel Tiger"
+            ]
+          },
+          "email": {
+            "title": "Email",
+            "description": "An email address.",
+            "type": "string",
+            "format": "email",
+            "examples": [
+              "daniel@makebelievetrolley.gov"
+            ]
+          },
+          "organization": {
+            "title": "Organization",
+            "description": "An organizational affiliation for this contributor.",
+            "type": "string",
+            "example": "Make Believe Neighborhood Trolley"
+          },
+          "role": {
+            "title": "Role",
+            "description": "The contributor's role in the project",
+            "type": "string",
+            "default": "contributor"
+          }
+        },
+        "required": [
+          "title"
+        ],
+        "context": "Use of this property does not imply that the person was the original creator of, or a contributor to, the data in the descriptor, but refers to the composition of the descriptor itself."
+      },
+      "examples": [
+       "{'name':'Daniel Tiger','email': 'daniel@makebelievetrolley.gov','organization':'Make Believe Neighborhood Trolley','role':'contributor'}"
+      ]
+    },
+    "maintainers": {
+      "propertyOrder": 80,
+      "title": "Maintainers",
+      "description": "Array of data maintainers",
+      "type": "array",
+      "minItems": 1,
+      "items": {
+        "title": "Maintainer",
+        "description": "A maintainer of this descriptor.",
+        "type": "object",
+        "properties": {
+          "name": {
+            "title": "Name",
+            "description": "A human-readable name.",
+            "type": "string",
+            "examples": [
+              "Henrietta Pussycat"
+            ]
+          },
+          "email": {
+            "title": "Email",
+            "description": "An email address.",
+            "type": "string",
+            "format": "email",
+            "examples": [
+              "henrietta@makebelievetrolley.gov"
+            ]
+          },
+          "organization": {
+            "title": "Organization",
+            "description": "An organizational affiliation for this maintainer.",
+            "type": "string"
+          },
+          "role": {
+            "title": "Role",
+            "description": "The maintainer's role in the project",
+            "type": "string",
+            "default": "maintainer"
+          }
+        },
+        "required": [
+          "title"
+        ],
+        "context": "Use of this property does not imply that the person was the original creator of, or a contributor to, the data in the descriptor, but refers to the composition of the descriptor itself."
+      },
+      "examples": [
+        "{'name':'Henrietta Pussycat','email': 'henrietta@makebelievetrolley.gov','organization':'Make Believe Neighborhood Trolley','role':'maintainer'}"
+
+      ]
+    },
+    "licenses": {
+      "propertyOrder": 90,
+      "title": "Licenses",
+      "description": "The license(s) under which this package is published.",
+      "type": "array",
+      "minItems": 1,
+      "items": {
+        "title": "License",
+        "description": "An array of license objects which apply to this data package.  Must include at least a `name` or `path`",
+        "type": "object",
+        "anyOf": [
+          {
+            "required": [
+              "name"
+            ]
+          },
+          {
+            "required": [
+              "path"
+            ]
+          }
+        ],
+        "properties": {
+          "name": {
+            "title": "Open Definition license identifier",
+            "description": "MUST be an Open Definition license identifier, see http://licenses.opendefinition.org/",
+            "type": "string",
+            "pattern": "^([-a-zA-Z0-9._])+$",
+            "examples": ["odc-by","CC-BY-4.0"]
+          },
+          "path": {
+            "title": "Path",
+            "description": "A fully qualified public URL, or a Unix-style relative file path.",
+            "type": "string",
+            "pattern": "^(?=^[^./~])(^((?!\\.{2}).)*$).*$",
+            "examples": [
+              "https://opendefinition.org/licenses/odc-by/",
+              "license.md"
+            ],
+            "context": "Implementations need to negotiate the type of path provided, and dereference the data accordingly."
+          },
+          "title": {
+            "title": "Title",
+            "description": "A human-readable title of the license.",
+            "type": "string",
+            "examples": [
+              "Creative Commons Attribution 4.0"
+            ]
+          }
+        }
+      },
+      "context": "This property is not legally binding and does not guarantee that the package is licensed under the terms defined herein.",
+      "examples": [
+        "{'name':'CC-BY-4.0','path':'https://opendefinition.org/licenses/cc-by/','name':'Creative Commons Attribution 4.0'}"
+      ]
+    },
+    "resources": {
+      "propertyOrder": 100,
+      "title": "Tabular Data Resources",
+      "description": "Array describing the data files included in your package, formated as a [`tabular-data-resource`](#tabular-data-resource)",
+      "type": "array",
+      "minItems": 1,
+      "items": {
+        "title": "Tabular Data Resource",
+        "description": "A Tabular Data Resource.",
+        "type": "object",
+        "required": [
+            "name",
+            "path",
+            "schema",
+            "profile"
+        ],
+        "recommended": [
+          "title",
+          "description",
+          "sources",
+          "licenses"
+      ],
+        "properties": {
+          "profile": {
+            "default": "tabular-data-resource",
+            "propertyOrder": 10,
+            "title": "Profile",
+            "description": "Must be `tabular-data-resource`",
+            "type": "string",
+            "examples": [
+              "tabular-data-resource"
+            ]
+          },
+          "name": {
+            "propertyOrder": 20,
+            "title": "Name",
+            "description": "Short, unique [sluggable](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clean_URL#Slug) identifier string for a data table.",
+            "type": "string",
+            "pattern": "^([-a-z0-9._/])+$",
+            "context": "This is ideally a url-usable and human-readable name. Name `SHOULD` be invariant, meaning it `SHOULD NOT` change when its parent descriptor is updated.",
+            "examples": [
+              "vehicle_locations_2001_01"
+            ]
+          },
+          "path": {
+            "propertyOrder": 30,
+            "title": "Path",
+            "description": "A reference to the data for this resource, as a valid URI string.",
+            "type": "string",
+            "pattern": "^(?=^[^./~])(^((?!\\.{2}).)*$).*$",
+            "examples": [
+              "event/2001/vehicle_locations_2001_01.csv"
+            ],
+            "context": "Implementations need to negotiate the type of path provided, and dereference the data accordingly."
+          },
+          "tides-table": {
+            "enum": [
+              "devices",
+              "fare_transactions",
+              "operators",
+              "station_activities",
+              "passenger_events",
+              "stop_visits",
+              "train_cars",
+              "trips_performed",
+              "vehicle_locations",
+              "vehicle_train_cars",
+              "vehicles"
+            ],
+            "description": "An identifier string corresponding to the name of one of the table specs in the TIDES data package",
+            "type": "string",
+            "examples": [
+              "fare_transactions",
+              "train_cars"
+            ]
+          },
+          "schema": {
+            "title": "Table Schema",
+            "description": "Location of the table schema for this resource.",
+            "type": "string",
+            "examples": [
+              "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/TIDES-transit/TIDES/main/spec/fare_transactions.schema.json"
+            ]
+          },
+          "title": {
+            "title": "Title",
+            "description": "A human-readable title for the data resource.",
+            "type": "string",
+            "examples": [
+              "Neighborhood Trolley Vehicle Locations: 1/1/2001-2/1/2001"
+            ],
+            "propertyOrder": 50
+          },
+          "description": {
+            "title": "Description",
+            "description": "D",
+            "type": "string",
+            "examples": [
+              "Vehicle location event data from the Neighborhood of Make Believe Trolley recorded 1/1/2001-2/1/2001"
+            ],
+            "propertyOrder": 60,
+            "format": "textarea"
+          },
+          "homepage": {
+            "propertyOrder": 70,
+            "title": "Home Page",
+            "description": "The home on the web that is related to this data package.",
+            "type": "string",
+            "format": "uri",
+            "examples": [
+              "http://example.com"
+            ]
+          },
+          "sources": {
+            "propertyOrder": 140,
+            "options": {
+              "hidden": true
+            },
+            "title": "Sources",
+            "description": "The raw sources for this resource which describe where the data came from.",
+            "type": "array",
+            "minItems": 0,
+            "examples": [
+              "[ {'title':'Trolley CAD/AVL System','component':'CAD/AVL','product':'TrolleyMaster','product_version':'3.1.4'} ]"
+            ],
+            "items": {
+              "title": "Source",
+              "type": "object",
+              "required": [
+                "title"
+              ],
+              "properties": {
+                "title": {
+                  "title": "Title",
+                  "description": "Human-readable title of the data source.",
+                  "type": "string",
+                  "examples": [
+                    "Trolley CAD/AVL System"
+                  ]
+                },
+                "component": {
+                  "title": "Component",
+                  "description": "The technology component used to generate this data (directly or indirectly)",
+                  "type": "string",
+                  "examples": [
+                    "CAD/AVL",
+                    "AFC",
+                    "APC"
+                  ]
+                },
+                "product": {
+                  "title": "Product",
+                  "description": "What product was used to generate this data (directly or indirectly)?",
+                  "type": "string",
+                  "examples": [
+                    "TrolleyMaster"
+                  ]
+                },
+                "product_version": {
+                  "title": "Product Version",
+                  "description": "Describe the version of the product was used.",
+                  "type": "string"
+                },
+                "vendor": {
+                  "title": "Vendor",
+                  "description": "What company makes this product?",
+                  "type": "string"
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          },
+          "licenses": {
+            "propertyOrder": 90,
+            "title": "Licenses",
+            "description": "The license(s) under which this package is published.",
+            "type": "array",
+            "minItems": 1,
+            "items": {
+              "title": "License",
+              "description": "An array of license objects which apply to this data package.  Must include at least a `name` or `path`",
+              "type": "object",
+              "anyOf": [
+                {
+                  "required": [
+                    "name"
+                  ]
+                },
+                {
+                  "required": [
+                    "path"
+                  ]
+                }
+              ],
+              "properties": {
+                "name": {
+                  "title": "Open Definition license identifier",
+                  "description": "MUST be an Open Definition license identifier, see http://licenses.opendefinition.org/",
+                  "type": "string",
+                  "pattern": "^([-a-zA-Z0-9._])+$",
+                  "examples": ["odc-by","CC-BY-4.0"]
+                },
+                "path": {
+                  "title": "Path",
+                  "description": "A fully qualified public URL, or a Unix-style relative file path.",
+                  "type": "string",
+                  "pattern": "^(?=^[^./~])(^((?!\\.{2}).)*$).*$",
+                  "examples": [
+                    "https://opendefinition.org/licenses/odc-by/",
+                    "license.md"
+                  ],
+                  "context": "Implementations need to negotiate the type of path provided, and dereference the data accordingly."
+                },
+                "title": {
+                  "title": "Title",
+                  "description": "A human-readable title of the license.",
+                  "type": "string",
+                  "examples": [
+                    "Creative Commons Attribution 4.0"
+                  ]
+                }
+              }
+            },
+            "context": "This property is not legally binding and does not guarantee that the package is licensed under the terms defined herein.",
+            "examples": [
+              "{'name':'CC-BY-4.0','path':'https://opendefinition.org/licenses/cc-by/','name':'Creative Commons Attribution 4.0'}"
+            ]
+          },
+          "dialect": {
+            "propertyOrder": 50,
+            "title": "CSV Dialect",
+            "description": "The CSV dialect descriptor.",
+            "type": [
+              "string",
+              "object"
+            ],
+            "required": [
+              "delimiter",
+              "doubleQuote"
+            ],
+            "properties": {
+              "csvddfVersion": {
+                "title": "CSV Dialect schema version",
+                "description": "A number to indicate the schema version of CSV Dialect. Version 1.0 was named CSV Dialect Description Format and used different field names.",
+                "type": "number",
+                "default": 1.2,
+                "examples:": [
+                  "1.2"
+                ]
+              },
+              "delimiter": {
+                "title": "Delimiter",
+                "description": "A character sequence to use as the field separator.",
+                "type": "string",
+                "default": ",",
+                "examples": [
+                  "`;`",
+                  "`|`"
+                ]
+              },
+              "doubleQuote": {
+                "title": "Double Quote",
+                "description": "Specifies the handling of quotes inside fields.",
+                "context": "If Double Quote is set to true, two consecutive quotes must be interpreted as one.",
+                "type": "boolean",
+                "default": true
+              },
+              "lineTerminator": {
+                "title": "Line Terminator",
+                "description": "Specifies the character sequence that must be used to terminate rows.",
+                "type": "string",
+                "default": "\r\n",
+                "examples": [
+                  "`\r`",
+                  "`\n`"
+                ]
+              },
+              "nullSequence": {
+                "title": "Null Sequence",
+                "description": "Specifies the null sequence, for example, `\\N`.",
+                "type": "string",
+                "examples": [
+                  "`\\N`"
+                ]
+              },
+              "quoteChar": {
+                "title": "Quote Character",
+                "description": "Specifies a one-character string to use as the quoting character.",
+                "type": "string",
+                "default": "\"",
+                "examples": [
+                  "`'`"
+                ]
+              },
+              "escapeChar": {
+                "title": "Escape Character",
+                "description": "Specifies a one-character string to use as the escape character.",
+                "type": "string",
+                "examples": [
+                  "`\\`"
+                ]
+              },
+              "skipInitialSpace": {
+                "title": "Skip Initial Space",
+                "description": "Specifies the interpretation of whitespace immediately following a delimiter. If false, whitespace immediately after a delimiter should be treated as part of the subsequent field.",
+                "type": "boolean",
+                "default": false
+              },
+              "header": {
+                "title": "Header",
+                "description": "Specifies if the file includes a header row, always as the first row in the file.",
+                "type": "boolean",
+                "default": true
+              },
+              "commentChar": {
+                "title": "Comment Character",
+                "description": "Specifies that any row beginning with this one-character string, without preceeding whitespace, causes the entire line to be ignored.",
+                "type": "string",
+                "examples": [
+                  "`#`"
+                ]
+              },
+              "caseSensitiveHeader": {
+                "title": "Case Sensitive Header",
+                "description": "Specifies if the case of headers is meaningful.",
+                "context": "Use of case in source CSV files is not always an intentional decision. For example, should \"CAT\" and \"Cat\" be considered to have the same meaning.",
+                "type": "boolean",
+                "default": false
+              }
+            },
+            "examples": [
+              "{'delimiter': ';' }"
+       ]
+          },
+          "format": {
+            "propertyOrder": 80,
+            "title": "Format",
+            "description": "The file format of this resource.",
+            "context": "`csv`, `xls`, `json` are examples of common formats.",
+            "type": "string",
+            "examples": [
+              "`xls`"
+            ]
+          },
+          "mediatype": {
+            "propertyOrder": 90,
+            "title": "Media Type",
+            "description": "The media type of this resource. Can be any valid media type listed with [IANA](https://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/media-types.xhtml).",
+            "type": "string",
+            "pattern": "^(.+)/(.+)$",
+            "examples": [
+              "`text/csv`"
+            ]
+          },
+          "encoding": {
+            "propertyOrder": 100,
+            "title": "Encoding",
+            "description": "The file encoding of this resource.",
+            "type": "string",
+            "default": "utf-8",
+            "examples": [
+              "`utf-8`"
+            ]
+          },
+          "bytes": {
+            "propertyOrder": 110,
+            "options": {
+              "hidden": true
+            },
+            "title": "Bytes",
+            "description": "The size of this resource in bytes.",
+            "type": "integer",
+            "examples": [
+              "2082"
+            ]
+          },
+          "hash": {
+            "propertyOrder": 120,
+            "options": {
+              "hidden": true
+            },
+            "title": "Hash",
+            "type": "string",
+            "description": "The MD5 hash of this resource. Indicate other hashing algorithms with the {algorithm}:{hash} format.",
+            "pattern": "^([^:]+:[a-fA-F0-9]+|[a-fA-F0-9]{32}|)$",
+            "examples": [
+              "d25c9c77f588f5dc32059d2da1136c02",
+              "SHA256:5262f12512590031bbcc9a430452bfd75c2791ad6771320bb4b5728bfb78c4d0"
+            ]
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    },
+    "sources": {
+      "propertyOrder": 140,
+      "options": {
+        "hidden": true
+      },
+      "title": "Sources",
+      "description": "The raw sources for this data package which describe where the data came from. Can be alternatively specified at the individual resource-level.",
+      "type": "array",
+      "minItems": 0,
+      "examples": [
+        "[ {'title':'Trolley CAD/AVL System','component':'CAD/AVL','product':'TrolleyMaster','product_version':'3.1.4'} ]"
+      ],
+      "items": {
+        "title": "Source",
+        "type": "object",
+        "required": [
+          "title"
+        ],
+        "properties": {
+          "title": {
+            "title": "Title",
+            "description": "Human-readable title of the data source.",
+            "type": "string",
+            "examples": [
+              "Trolley CAD/AVL System"
+            ]
+          },
+          "component": {
+            "title": "Component",
+            "description": "What technology component was used to generate this data (directly or indirectly)? Examples include `AVL`, `APC`, `AFC`, etc.",
+            "type": "string",
+            "examples": [
+              "CAD/AVL",
+              "AFC",
+              "APC"
+            ]
+          },
+          "product": {
+            "title": "Product",
+            "description": "What product was used to generate this data (directly or indirectly)?",
+            "type": "string",
+            "examples": [
+              "TrolleyMaster"
+            ]
+          },
+          "product_version": {
+            "title": "Product Version",
+            "description": "Describe the version of the product was used.",
+            "type": "string"
+          },
+          "vendor": {
+            "title": "Vendor",
+            "description": "What company makes this product?",
+            "type": "string"
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/tests/test_all b/tests/test_all
deleted file mode 100755
index cfd886da..00000000
--- a/tests/test_all
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-# Runs pre-commit, then all the scripts in this dir, and then builds documentaiton locally
-
-# Get the list of script files in the directory
-script_files=("$(dirname "$(realpath "$0")")"/*)
-num_files=$((${#script_files[@]} + 1))
-test_num=1
-error_scripts=()
-
-echo "Found $num_files tests"
-
-echo "----- Running test 1 of $num_files: pre-commit"
-pre-commit run --all-files
-
-# Iterate over script files in the directory
-for script_file in "${script_files[@]}"; do
-
-  # Exclude the current script and non-executable files from execution
-  if [ "$(basename "$script_file")" != "test_all" ]; then
-    ((test_num++))
-    if [ -x "$script_file" ]; then
-      # Update progress
-      echo "----- Running test $test_num of $num_files: $script_file"
-
-      # Execute the script and capture errors if there are any
-      if output=$("$script_file" 2>&1); then
-        echo ":-) $script_file ran successfully."
-      else
-        echo "!!! $script_file encountered an error."
-        error_scripts+=("$script_file")
-        echo "$output" >&2
-      fi
-    else
-      # Notify non-executable files
-      echo "!!! File is not executable so was not run: $script_file."
-      echo
-    fi
-  fi
-done
-echo "----- Running test $num_files/$num_files: Building documentation locally"
-mkdocs build --quiet
-
-if [ ${#error_scripts[@]}  -gt 0 ]; then
-  echo "The following scripts executed with errors:"
-  for script in "${error_scripts[@]}"; do
-    echo "$script"
-  done
-fi
diff --git a/tests/test_local_spec b/tests/test_local_spec
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..195bf940
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_local_spec
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+description="Validates the local spec and documentation."
+usage="tests/test_local_spec"
+
+################################################################################
+# Run Pre-Commit                                                               #
+################################################################################
+echo "Running pre-commit."
+for _ in {1..2}; do
+  if output=$(pre-commit run --all-files 2>&1); then
+    echo ":-) pre-commit ran successfully on try $_."
+    break
+  fi
+done
+
+################################################################################
+# Run Tests                                                                    #
+################################################################################
+echo "Running tests for local compatibility."
+
+# Function to execute the script and capture errors if there are any
+execute_script() {
+  script=$1
+  shift
+  echo "--- Running $script $@ ---"
+  if output=$("$script" "$@" 2>&1); then
+    echo ":-) $script ran successfully."
+  else
+    echo "\033[31m!!! $script encountered an error.\033[0m"
+    echo "$output" >&2
+    error_scripts+=("$script")
+  fi
+}
+
+error_scripts=()
+# Execute the scripts
+execute_script "tests/validate_profile"
+execute_script "tests/validate_table_schemas"
+
+################################################################################
+# Build Docs Locally                                                           #
+################################################################################
+echo "Building docs locally."
+if output=$(mkdocs build --quiet 2>&1); then
+  echo ":-) Docs built successfully."
+else
+  echo "\033[31m!!! mkdocs encountered an error.\033[0m"
+  echo "$output" >&2
+  error_scripts+=("mkdocs build --quiet")
+fi
+
+################################################################################
+# Summarize Errors                                                             #
+################################################################################
+if [ ${#error_scripts[@]}  -gt 0 ]; then
+  echo "The following scripts executed with errors:"
+  for script in "${error_scripts[@]}"; do
+    echo "$script"
+  done
+fi
diff --git a/tests/test_samples_to_canonical b/tests/test_samples_to_canonical
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..0bfc5ac9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_samples_to_canonical
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+description="Run test to validate local samples to canonical remote spec"
+usage="tests/test_samples_to_canonical"
+
+################################################################################
+# Specify Scripts and Parameters                                               #
+################################################################################
+test_dir=$(dirname "$0")
+script="$test_dir/validate_samples"
+args="-R"
+
+################################################################################
+# Run Test                                                                     #
+################################################################################
+
+echo "Running the test to validate local samples to canonical remote spec"
+
+# Execute the script and capture errors if there are any
+if output=$("$script" $args 2>&1); then
+  echo ":-) $script ran successfully."
+else
+  printf "\033[31m!!! %s encountered an error.\033[0m\n" "$script"
+  echo "$output" >&2
+fi
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/test_samples_to_local b/tests/test_samples_to_local
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..57041bf8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_samples_to_local
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+description="Run test to validate local samples to local remote spec"
+usage="tests/test_samples_to_local"
+
+################################################################################
+# Specify Scripts and Parameters                                               #
+################################################################################
+test_dir=$(dirname "$0")
+script="$test_dir/validate_samples"
+args="-L"
+
+################################################################################
+# Run Test                                                                     #
+################################################################################
+
+echo "Running the test to validate local samples to local spec"
+
+# Execute the script and capture errors if there are any
+if output=$("$script" $args 2>&1); then
+  echo ":-) $script ran successfully."
+else
+  printf "\033[31m!!! %s encountered an error.\033[0m\n" "$script"
+  echo "$output" >&2
+fi
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/validate_profile b/tests/validate_profile
index 81f4ddd1..2c200be0 100755
--- a/tests/validate_profile
+++ b/tests/validate_profile
@@ -1,17 +1,24 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-echo "Validating tides-data-package.json profile"
+# Validate "tides-datapackage-profile.json" against the Frictionless Data Package schema.
+# The script downloads the Data Packaage schema file to a temporary directory using curl and
+# then uses the jsonschema-cli tool to perform the validation.
+
+# Usage: ./tests/validate_profile
+# Note: should be run from the base directory of the repo
+
+echo "--- Validating tides-datapackage-profile.json ---"
 
 # Set the temporary directory path
 temp_dir=$(mktemp -d)
 
-# Download the schema file to the temporary directory
+# Download the data package schema file to the temporary directory
 schema_url="https://specs.frictionlessdata.io/schemas/data-package.json"
 schema_file="$temp_dir/data-package.json"
 curl -o "$schema_file" "$schema_url"
 
-# Validate datapackage against the downloaded schema
-datapackage_file="spec/tides-data.json"
+echo "Validate tides-datapackage-profile against the downloaded schema"
+datapackage_file="spec/tides-datapackage-profile.json"
 jsonschema-cli validate "$schema_file" "$datapackage_file"
 
 # Clean up the temporary directory
diff --git a/tests/validate_samples b/tests/validate_samples
index cac8c226..c628838a 100755
--- a/tests/validate_samples
+++ b/tests/validate_samples
@@ -1,8 +1,100 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
-echo "Validating sample data"
+
+description="Validate all the TIDES data in the samples directory"
+
+usage="
+Usage: bin/validate_samples.sh [-R] [-L] [-r remote_spec_ref] [-l local_spec_ref]
+     -R: Optional. Use the default remote profile ref (DEFAULT_REMOTE_REF, which is set to "main").
+     -L: Optional. Use the default local spec path (DEFAULT_LOCAL_SPEC), which is set to "spec"..
+     -r remote_spec_ref: Optional. Specify the ref name of the GitHub repository for validating agianst
+             a remote profile where the profile is in the sub-path /spec/tides-data-package.json.
+             Should not be used with -l option. Example: -r main.
+     -l local_spec_path: Optional. Specify the location of the local tides-data-package-json to use.
+             Should not be used with -r option. Example: -l spec.
+"
+
+example_usage="tests/validate_samples -r main"
+
+################################################################################
+# Default Parameters                                                           #
+################################################################################
+DEFAULT_REMOTE_REF="main"
+DEFAULT_LOCAL_SPEC="spec"
+
+################################################################################
+# Help                                                                         #
+################################################################################
+
+# Display help message
+function display_help() {
+  echo "$description"
+  echo "$usage"
+  echo "$example_usage"
+}
+
+# Check for help flag
+if [ "$1" == "--help" ]; then
+  display_help
+  exit 0
+fi
+
+################################################################################
+# Source utility functions                                                     #
+################################################################################
+
+script_dir="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
+bin_path="$script_dir/../bin"
+
+################################################################################
+# Process the input options.                                                   #
+################################################################################
+remote_spec_ref=""
+local_spec_path=""
+use_default_remote=false
+use_default_local=false
+
+# Parse command-line arguments
+while getopts "RLr:l:" opt; do
+  case $opt in
+    R)
+      use_default_remote=true
+      ;;
+    L)
+      use_default_local=true
+      ;;
+    r)
+      remote_spec_ref="$OPTARG"
+      ;;
+    l)
+      local_spec_path="$OPTARG"
+      ;;
+    \?)
+      echo "Invalid option: -$OPTARG" >&2
+      display_help
+      exit 1
+      ;;
+  esac
+done
+
+###############################################################################
+# Main                                                                       #
+################################################################################
+
+echo "$description"
+
+# Set default values if requested
+if [ "$use_default_local" = true ]; then
+  local_spec_path="$DEFAULT_LOCAL_SPEC"
+fi
+
+if [ "$use_default_remote" = true ]; then
+  remote_spec_ref="$DEFAULT_REMOTE_REF"
+fi
+
 shopt -s nullglob
 for file in samples/*/TIDES/datapackage.json; do
-    echo "Validating: $file"
-    frictionless validate --schema-sync $file
+    sample_dir=$(echo "$file" | sed 's|/datapackage.json$||')
+    echo "...validating $sample_dir"
+    "$bin_path/validate-datapackage" -d "$sample_dir" -r "$remote_spec_ref" -l "$local_spec_path"
 done
 shopt -u nullglob