diff --git a/note.schema.json b/note.schema.json
index 6158582..475d9e2 100644
--- a/note.schema.json
+++ b/note.schema.json
@@ -1,16 +1,29 @@
 {
   "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
-  "$id": "https://ndumas.com/schemas/note.json",
+  "$id": "https://schemas.ndumas.com/note.schema.json",
   "title":"note",
   "description":"properties all notes must have",
   "type":"object",
   "properties": {
     "title": {
-      "description":"Title of the note",
+      "description":"note title",
+      "type": "string"
+    },
+    "description": {
+      "description":"short summary of the note's contents",
       "type": "string"
     },
     "aliases": {
-      "description":"alternate names for the notes",
+      "description":"alternate names for the note",
+      "type": "array",
+      "items": {
+        "type":"string",
+        "uniqueItems": true,
+        "minItems": 1
+      }
+    },
+    "tags": {
+      "description":"broad categories",
       "type": "array",
       "items": {
         "type":"string",
@@ -19,5 +32,5 @@
       }
     }
   },
-  "required": ["title","aliases"]
+  "required": ["title","aliases", "description", "tags"]
 }
diff --git a/post.schema.json b/post.schema.json
index 4143d06..f819569 100644
--- a/post.schema.json
+++ b/post.schema.json
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 {
   "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
-  "$id": "https://ndumas.com/schemas/post.json",
+  "$id": "https://schemas.ndumas.com/post.schema.json",
   "title":"post",
   "description":"Hugo blog posts",
   "type":"object",
   "properties": {
     "note": {
       "description":"base schema for notes",
-      "$ref":"https://ndumas.com/schemas/note.json"
+      "$ref":"https://schemas.ndumas.com/note.schema.json"
     },
     "date": {
       "description": "publishing date",
@@ -23,5 +23,5 @@
       }
     }
   },
-  "required": ["title","aliases"]
+  "required": ["title","aliases", "date", "series"]
 }