Survive the death of Structurizr Express

[aviflax]

As announced in #268.

This is a goal + plan ticket.

The Plan

• [ ] Add background/context/introduction to this ticket.
• [ ] Design and implement a new C4 YAML DSL that decouples models and views, as per Enhancement Proposal EP01: Decoupling Models and Views with a New DSL
  • [x] Design the new model DSL and create schemata for it » #231
  • [x] Add functions to validate a model on disk » #232
  • [ ] Add a new validation flag to the CLI that will validate models » #272 » PR: #287
  • [ ] Create a schema for the new view DSL » #286 (in progress)
  • [ ] Extend the CLI’s validation feature to validate views as well » (ticket coming soon)
• [ ] Implement a new renderer » #5 (in progress)
• [ ] Make the new renderer invocable via the CLI » (ticket coming soon)
• [ ] Comprehensively review and revise the docs » (ticket coming soon)

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[aviflax]

I think I’ve run out of time to implement this plan as-is before the deadline, which is in 3 weeks. So for now, as a stopgap, I’ll try #288.