### Discussed in https://github.com/quarto-dev/quarto-cli/discussions/2690

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<sup>Originally posted by **castedo** September 30, 2022</sup>
With the attached qmd file [license.qmd.txt](https://github.com/quarto-dev/quarto-cli/files/9688255/license.qmd.txt) I can do the following:
```
quarto pandoc license.qmd --from markdown -s --to jats 2> good.xml
```
but the following
```
quarto render license.qmd --to jats
```
fails with
```
ERROR: Validation of YAML front matter failed.
ERROR: In file license.qmd
(line 7, column 3 through line 11, column 26) Key license has value type: open-access
  link: "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
...
    This document is distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
    International license., which must be a string
 6: license:
 7:   type: open-access
      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 8:   link: "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
...
10:     This document is distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
11:     International license.
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
12: ---
✖ The value type: open-access
  link: "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
...
    This document is distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
    International license. is object.
ℹ The error happened in location license.

ERROR: Render failed due to invalid YAML.
```
That's with quarter version 1.1.251.

The documentation of pandoc described the license key while the quarto JATS ref does not list support for this license key.
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dragonstyle
2022-10-01T12:56:06Z
dragonstyle
v1.3
closed
Feature request: support JATS license like pandoc
https://github.com/quarto-dev/quarto-cli/issues/2691