diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 3c1f6eaf..d00081b8 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 .DEFAULT_GOAL := all
 
 JSONSCHEMA ?= ./node_modules/@sourcemeta/jsonschema/npm/cli.js
-JQ ?= jq
 SHELLCHECK ?= shellcheck
-MKDIRP ?= mkdir -p
 NODE ?= node
 NPM ?= npm
 TIME ?= time
@@ -11,21 +9,20 @@ TIME ?= time
 include generated.mk
 
 all: common test node_modules
-	$(NODE) $(JSONSCHEMA) fmt schemas meta test
+	$(NODE) $(JSONSCHEMA) fmt schemas meta rules test
 
 .PHONY: common
 common: $(GENERATED) node_modules
-	$(TIME) $(NODE) $(JSONSCHEMA) metaschema schemas meta
+	$(TIME) $(NODE) $(JSONSCHEMA) metaschema schemas meta rules
 	$(TIME) $(NODE) $(JSONSCHEMA) lint schemas meta
 	$(TIME) $(NODE) $(JSONSCHEMA) validate meta/schemas-root.json schemas
-	$(TIME) $(NODE) $(JSONSCHEMA) validate meta/schemas.json schemas
 	$(SHELLCHECK) scripts/*.sh
 	./scripts/quality-schemas-tests-mirror.sh
 	./scripts/quality-templates-xbrl-utr-mirror.sh
 
 .PHONY: lint
 lint: common node_modules
-	$(TIME) $(NODE) $(JSONSCHEMA) fmt schemas meta test --check
+	$(TIME) $(NODE) $(JSONSCHEMA) fmt schemas meta rules test --check
 
 .PHONY: test
 test: node_modules
diff --git a/generated.mk b/generated.mk
index cc072428..cf656f9d 100644
--- a/generated.mk
+++ b/generated.mk
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 PYTHON ?= python3
+MKDIRP ?= mkdir -p
+JQ ?= jq
 
 define MAKE_SCHEMA
 schemas/$1.json: templates/schemas/$1.jq $2.json node_modules
diff --git a/jsonschema.json b/jsonschema.json
index b901b358..c2c64519 100644
--- a/jsonschema.json
+++ b/jsonschema.json
@@ -6,5 +6,16 @@
   "path": "./schemas",
   "resolve": {
     "urn:sourcemeta:std:ietf:jsonschema:2020-12:dialect:format-assertion": "./schemas/2020-12/ietf/jsonschema/2020-12/dialect/format-assertion.json"
+  },
+  "lint": {
+    "rules": [
+      "./rules/comment.json",
+      "./rules/dialect.json",
+      "./rules/identifiers.json",
+      "./rules/license.json",
+      "./rules/links.json",
+      "./rules/single-line-text.json",
+      "./rules/symbol.json"
+    ]
   }
 }
diff --git a/meta/schemas-root.json b/meta/schemas-root.json
index e47c2474..7096546f 100644
--- a/meta/schemas-root.json
+++ b/meta/schemas-root.json
@@ -7,54 +7,19 @@
       "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
       "title": "Example Schema",
       "description": "An example schema conforming to the root meta-schema",
-      "examples": [ "example value" ],
+      "examples": [ "foo", "bar", "baz" ],
       "x-license": "https://github.com/sourcemeta/std/blob/main/LICENSE",
       "x-links": [ "https://example.com" ],
       "type": "string"
     }
   ],
-  "x-lint-exclude": "simple_properties_identifiers",
+  "x-lint-exclude": "required_properties_in_properties",
   "type": "object",
-  "if": {
-    "properties": {
-      "const": true
-    }
-  },
-  "else": {
-    "required": [ "examples" ],
-    "properties": {
-      "examples": {
-        "type": "array",
-        "minItems": 3
-      }
-    }
-  },
-  "required": [ "x-license", "x-links", "$schema" ],
+  "required": [ "$schema", "examples", "x-license", "x-links" ],
   "properties": {
-    "$schema": {
-      "enum": [
-        "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
-        "urn:sourcemeta:std:ietf:jsonschema:2020-12:dialect:format-assertion"
-      ]
-    },
-    "$comment": {
-      "not": {
-        "$ref": "../schemas/2020-12/ietf/uri/uri-reference.json"
-      }
-    },
-    "x-license": {
-      "const": "https://github.com/sourcemeta/std/blob/main/LICENSE"
-    },
-    "x-symbol": {
-      "type": "string"
-    },
-    "x-links": {
+    "examples": {
       "type": "array",
-      "minItems": 1,
-      "uniqueItems": true,
-      "items": {
-        "$ref": "../schemas/2020-12/ietf/http/https-url.json"
-      }
+      "minItems": 1
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/rules/comment.json b/rules/comment.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..39e4db02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rules/comment.json
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{
+  "$schema": "urn:sourcemeta:std:ietf:jsonschema:2020-12:dialect:format-assertion",
+  "title": "std/comment",
+  "description": "Comments must be prose and not URI references",
+  "properties": {
+    "$comment": {
+      "not": {
+        "format": "uri-reference"
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/rules/dialect.json b/rules/dialect.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c7314fb9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rules/dialect.json
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+{
+  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
+  "title": "std/dialect",
+  "description": "Schemas must be written in the 2020-12 dialect or in one of the dialect variants of this collection",
+  "properties": {
+    "$schema": {
+      "enum": [
+        "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
+        "urn:sourcemeta:std:ietf:jsonschema:2020-12:dialect:format-assertion"
+      ]
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/rules/identifiers.json b/rules/identifiers.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bb60ec32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rules/identifiers.json
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
+  "title": "std/identifiers",
+  "description": "Schemas must not declare identifiers, as the registry derives them from file paths",
+  "properties": {
+    "$id": false
+  }
+}
diff --git a/rules/license.json b/rules/license.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c3993eb0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rules/license.json
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{
+  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
+  "title": "std/license",
+  "description": "The license must point to the official license of the collection",
+  "properties": {
+    "x-license": {
+      "const": "https://github.com/sourcemeta/std/blob/main/LICENSE"
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/rules/links.json b/rules/links.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b5c245a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rules/links.json
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{
+  "$schema": "urn:sourcemeta:std:ietf:jsonschema:2020-12:dialect:format-assertion",
+  "title": "std/links",
+  "description": "Links must be a non-empty array of unique HTTPS URLs",
+  "properties": {
+    "x-links": {
+      "type": "array",
+      "minItems": 1,
+      "uniqueItems": true,
+      "items": {
+        "type": "string",
+        "pattern": "^https://",
+        "format": "uri"
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/meta/schemas.json b/rules/single-line-text.json
similarity index 54%
rename from meta/schemas.json
rename to rules/single-line-text.json
index 0cb31f30..47bc9ab4 100644
--- a/meta/schemas.json
+++ b/rules/single-line-text.json
@@ -1,28 +1,16 @@
 {
   "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
-  "$dynamicAnchor": "meta",
-  "title": "Schema meta-schema",
-  "description": "Meta-schema for validating all schemas",
-  "examples": [
-    {
-      "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
-      "title": "Example Schema",
-      "description": "An example valid schema",
-      "type": "string"
-    }
-  ],
-  "x-lint-exclude": "simple_properties_identifiers",
-  "$ref": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
+  "title": "std/single_line_text",
+  "description": "Titles, descriptions, and comments must be single-line prose without trailing punctuation",
   "properties": {
-    "$id": false,
-    "$comment": {
-      "$ref": "#/$defs/single-line-text"
-    },
     "title": {
       "$ref": "#/$defs/single-line-text"
     },
     "description": {
       "$ref": "#/$defs/single-line-text"
+    },
+    "$comment": {
+      "$ref": "#/$defs/single-line-text"
     }
   },
   "$defs": {
diff --git a/rules/symbol.json b/rules/symbol.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1372f3ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rules/symbol.json
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{
+  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
+  "title": "std/symbol",
+  "description": "Symbols must be non-empty strings",
+  "properties": {
+    "x-symbol": {
+      "type": "string",
+      "minLength": 1
+    }
+  }
+}