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[@salesforce/b2c-tooling-sdk](../../../modules.md) / [operations/content](../index.md) / validateMetaDefinition

# Function: validateMetaDefinition()

> **validateMetaDefinition**(`data`, `options?`): [`MetaDefinitionValidationResult`](../interfaces/MetaDefinitionValidationResult.md)

Defined in: [packages/b2c-tooling-sdk/src/operations/content/validate.ts:205](https://github.com/SalesforceCommerceCloud/b2c-developer-tooling/blob/67fb8580ac3c5b372617ee3ec3fc8f2bc9f16174/packages/b2c-tooling-sdk/src/operations/content/validate.ts#L205)

Validate a parsed JSON object against a content metadefinition schema.

## Parameters

### data

`Record`\<`string`, `unknown`\>

The JSON object to validate against the detected or specified schema type

### options?

[`ValidateMetaDefinitionOptions`](../interfaces/ValidateMetaDefinitionOptions.md)

Validation options including optional schema type override

## Returns

[`MetaDefinitionValidationResult`](../interfaces/MetaDefinitionValidationResult.md)

A validation result containing the valid flag, detected schema type, and any validation errors

## Throws

When the schema type cannot be detected and no explicit type is provided.