Use JSON schemas and make JSON more coherent between contexts

[int-ua]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

Trying to work with all JSON objects in the game together is unwieldy and uncomfortable. Fields can change type and meaning in different contexts and there is a general feeling of incoherence. It may not be an intended workflow, but for now tools/json_tools/util.py is implemented like this, trying to work with everything in data/json/ as a whole, and trying to improve it is frustrating.

Describe the solution you'd like

1. Using JSON Schemas to define a standard to strive for and gradually update existing JSON so that it matches the schemas.

2. Making sure that type and id together can identify any JSON object globally.

3. Renaming id to ids where it contains a list of values.

4. Using id instead of abstract field. (I'm not sure, is there a benefit to having this separate field?)

5. Renaming type to something like loader_type or deserializer_type to make it more comprehensible.

Additional context

#42958
#42959
https://discordapp.com/channels/598523535169945603/598535827169083403/744539312674308138
#42984

I still have to read this #34735

[int-ua]

anothersimulacrum posted these links to previous discussions 👍
https://discordapp.com/channels/598523535169945603/598529538015887372/702602669516128327
https://discordapp.com/channels/598523535169945603/598529174302490644/627569204203094016

@damien were there any updates? No pressure, just asking :)

Who is Zephandrypus on GitHub?

[int-ua]

Ok, I'm closing this as the consensus between main developers is against these changes (see the linked Discord discussions).

But please add your voice arguments if you've found this issue after encountering similar problems.

Also looks like the consensus several months ago was against simplifying working with JSON not from C++ if it would entail any changes to workflows. I disagree and I'll stop trying to improve Python tools for now as it seems futile after reading these discussions.

[anothersimulacrum]

What I have gathered from these in the past is that if we have automatically generated schema, it's fine, if anyone is interested in working on that.