diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yaml b/.github/workflows/main.yaml
index 053b51d..566a674 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yaml
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ jobs:
       - name: Check formatting
         working-directory: sof-js
         run: bun run check-fmt
+      - name: Validate JSON tests
+        working-directory: sof-js
+        run: bun run validate
       - name: Run tests
         working-directory: sof-js
         run: bun test
diff --git a/sof-js/package.json b/sof-js/package.json
index dcae61b..8b37528 100644
--- a/sof-js/package.json
+++ b/sof-js/package.json
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@
   "type": "module",
   "scripts": {
     "fmt": "prettier -w ../tests",
-    "check-fmt": "prettier -c ../tests"
+    "check-fmt": "prettier -c ../tests",
+    "validate": "ajv -s ../tests.schema.json -d \"../tests/*.json\""
   },
   "author": "niquola,jmandel",
   "license": "ISC",
diff --git a/sof-js/tests/validation.test.js b/sof-js/tests/validation.test.js
index 5d7b299..1f6a810 100644
--- a/sof-js/tests/validation.test.js
+++ b/sof-js/tests/validation.test.js
@@ -1,61 +1,65 @@
-import { describe } from "bun:test";
-import { start_case, end_case, invalid_view, debug, add_throwing_test } from './test_helpers.js'
-
+import { describe } from 'bun:test'
+import { add_throwing_test, end_case, invalid_view, start_case } from './test_helpers.js'
 
 let resources = [
   {
     resourceType: 'Patient',
-    name: [
-      { family: 'F1.1' },
-    ],
-    id: 'pt1'
+    name: [{ family: 'F1.1' }],
+    id: 'pt1',
   },
   {
     resourceType: 'Patient',
-    id: 'pt2'
+    id: 'pt2',
   },
 ]
 
 start_case('validate', 'TBD', resources)
 
-describe("validate", () => {
-
+describe('validate', () => {
   invalid_view({
     title: 'empty',
     view: {},
-    expectError: true
-  });
+    expectError: true,
+  })
+
+  invalid_view({
+    title: 'missing resource',
+    view: {
+      select: [{ column: [{ name: 'id', path: 'id' }] }],
+    },
+    expectError: true,
+  })
 
   invalid_view({
     title: 'wrong fhirpath',
     view: {
       resource: 'Patient',
       status: 'active',
-      select: [{forEach: '@@'}]
+      select: [{ forEach: '@@' }],
     },
-    expectError: true
-  });
+    expectError: true,
+  })
 
   invalid_view({
     title: 'wrong type in forEach',
     view: {
       resource: 'Patient',
       status: 'active',
-      select: [{forEach: 1}]
+      select: [{ forEach: 1 }],
     },
-    expectError: true
-  });
+    expectError: true,
+  })
 
   add_throwing_test({
     title: 'where with path resolving to not boolean',
     view: {
       resource: 'Patient',
       status: 'active',
-      select: [{column: [{name: 'id', path: 'id'}]}],
-      where: [{path: "name.family"}]
+      select: [{ column: [{ name: 'id', path: 'id' }] }],
+      where: [{ path: 'name.family' }],
     },
-    expectError: true
-  });
+    expectError: true,
+  })
 
   end_case()
-});
+})
diff --git a/tests.schema.json b/tests.schema.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4549bf8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests.schema.json
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+{
+  "$id": "http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/sql-on-fhir/tests",
+  "title": "SQL on FHIR tests schema",
+  "description": "Standard format for JSON test definitions used to validate SQL on FHIR view runner implementations.",
+  "type": "object",
+  "required": [
+    "title",
+    "resources",
+    "tests"
+  ],
+  "properties": {
+    "title": {
+      "type": "string",
+      "description": "The name of the test suite."
+    },
+    "description": {
+      "type": "string",
+      "description": "A description of the test suite."
+    },
+    "allowExtendedFhirpath": {
+      "type": "boolean",
+      "description": "If true, the test runner should allow the use of FHIRPath functions outside of the restricted subset defined in the specification."
+    },
+    "authors": {
+      "type": "array",
+      "items": {
+        "type": "string"
+      },
+      "description": "The authors of the test suite."
+    },
+    "generated": {
+      "type": "boolean",
+      "description": "If true, the test suite was generated by a tool and should not be edited directly."
+    },
+    "resources": {
+      "type": "array",
+      "items": {
+        "type": "object"
+      },
+      "description": "A list of FHIR resources that are used in the tests. There can be multiple different resource types in the list. Each should be a valid FHIR resource."
+    },
+    "tests": {
+      "type": "array",
+      "description": "A list of tests to run against the view.",
+      "minItems": 1,
+      "items": {
+        "type": "object",
+        "required": [
+          "title",
+          "view"
+        ],
+        "oneOf": [
+          {
+            "required": [
+              "expect"
+            ]
+          },
+          {
+            "required": [
+              "expectCount"
+            ]
+          },
+          {
+            "required": [
+              "expectError"
+            ]
+          }
+        ],
+        "properties": {
+          "title": {
+            "type": "string",
+            "description": "The name of the test."
+          },
+          "description": {
+            "type": "string",
+            "description": "A description of the test."
+          },
+          "view": {
+            "type": "object",
+            "description": "The view to run the test against."
+          },
+          "expect": {
+            "type": "array",
+            "description": "The expected result of the test. Each object within the array represents a row in the result set, with column names as keys.",
+            "items": {
+              "type": "object"
+            }
+          },
+          "expectCount": {
+            "type": "number",
+            "description": "The expected number of rows in the result."
+          },
+          "expectError": {
+            "type": "boolean",
+            "description": "If true, the test is expected to throw an error."
+          },
+          "expectColumns": {
+            "type": "array",
+            "description": "The expected columns in the result set.",
+            "items": {
+              "type": "string"
+            },
+            "minItems": 1
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/tests/validate.json b/tests/validate.json
index f4030fa..e8af79f 100644
--- a/tests/validate.json
+++ b/tests/validate.json
@@ -22,6 +22,22 @@
       "view": {},
       "expectError": true
     },
+    {
+      "title": "missing resource",
+      "view": {
+        "select": [
+          {
+            "column": [
+              {
+                "name": "id",
+                "path": "id"
+              }
+            ]
+          }
+        ]
+      },
+      "expectError": true
+    },
     {
       "title": "wrong fhirpath",
       "view": {