--- swagger: '2.0' info: version: '0.1.0' title: JSON pointers paths: /some/where: get: responses: default: schema: $ref: '#/definitions/whiteStone/properties/p1' definitions: whiteStone: type: object properties: p1: $ref: '#/definitions/blackStone/properties/p2' blackStone: type: object properties: p2: $ref: '#/definitions/redStone/properties/p3' redStone: type: object properties: p3: $ref: '#/definitions/whiteStone/properties/p1'