| ## EBNF | |
| ```ebnf | |
| schema = include* ( namespace_decl | type_decl | enum_decl | root_decl | | |
| file_extension_decl | file_identifier_decl | | |
| attribute_decl | rpc_decl | object )* | |
| include = `include` string_constant `;` | |
| namespace_decl = `namespace` ident ( `.` ident )* `;` | |
| attribute_decl = `attribute` ident | `"` ident `"` `;` | |
| type_decl = ( `table` | `struct` ) ident metadata `{` field_decl+ `}` | |
| enum_decl = ( `enum` ident `:` type | `union` ident ) metadata `{` | |
| commasep( enumval_decl ) `}` | |
| root_decl = `root_type` ident `;` | |
| field_decl = ident `:` type [ `=` scalar ] metadata `;` | |
| rpc_decl = `rpc_service` ident `{` rpc_method+ `}` | |
| rpc_method = ident `(` ident `)` `:` ident metadata `;` | |
| type = `bool` | `byte` | `ubyte` | `short` | `ushort` | `int` | `uint` | | |
| `float` | `long` | `ulong` | `double` | `int8` | `uint8` | `int16` | | |
| `uint16` | `int32` | `uint32`| `int64` | `uint64` | `float32` | | |
| `float64` | `string` | `[` type `]` | ident | |
| enumval_decl = ident [ `=` integer_constant ] metadata | |
| metadata = [ `(` commasep( ident [ `:` single_value ] ) `)` ] | |
| scalar = boolean_constant | integer_constant | float_constant | |
| object = `{` commasep( ident `:` value ) `}` | |
| single_value = scalar | string_constant | |
| value = single_value | object | `[` commasep( value ) `]` | |
| commasep(x) = [ x ( `,` x )\* ] | |
| file_extension_decl = `file_extension` string_constant `;` | |
| file_identifier_decl = `file_identifier` string_constant `;` | |
| string_constant = `\".*?\"` | |
| ident = `[a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9_]*` | |
| `[:digit:]` = `[0-9]` | |
| `[:xdigit:]` = `[0-9a-fA-F]` | |
| dec_integer_constant = `[-+]?[:digit:]+` | |
| hex_integer_constant = `[-+]?0[xX][:xdigit:]+` | |
| integer_constant = dec_integer_constant | hex_integer_constant | |
| dec_float_constant = `[-+]?(([.][:digit:]+)|([:digit:]+[.][:digit:]*)|([:digit:]+))([eE][-+]?[:digit:]+)?` | |
| hex_float_constant = `[-+]?0[xX](([.][:xdigit:]+)|([:xdigit:]+[.][:xdigit:]*)|([:xdigit:]+))([pP][-+]?[:digit:]+)` | |
| special_float_constant = `[-+]?(nan|inf|infinity)` | |
| float_constant = dec_float_constant | hex_float_constant | special_float_constant | |
| boolean_constant = `true` | `false` | |
| ``` |