diff --git a/examples/merge/README.md b/examples/merge/README.md
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-Merge Example
-==================
-
-With felis installed, you can try out the `merge` command in this directory.
-
-You can merge a felis schema file with extra annotations in a graph format:
-
-```
-felis merge point.yml point-extra.yml
-```
-
-The graph annotations will overwrite properties for a given `@id` only.
-They appear like this (see `point-extra.yml`):
-```
-
----
-"@graph":
-  - "@id": "#Geometry_Point.ra"
-    ivoa:ucd: pos.eq.ra;meta.main
-    fits:tunit: deg
-  - "@id": "#Geometry_Point.dec"
-    ivoa:ucd: pos.eq.dec;meta.main
-    fits:tunit: deg
-```
-
-The output of merge can be pipelined into `load-tap`
-
-```
-felis merge point.yml point-extra.yml |\
-     felis load-tap --dry-run --engine-url=sqlite:// -
-```
-
-It is also possible to merge multiple schemas as well, in addition to pipelining them
-into `load-tap`:
-
-```
-felis merge point.yml point-extra.yml locations.yml |\
-     felis load-tap --dry-run --engine-url=sqlite:// -
-```
diff --git a/examples/merge/locations.yml b/examples/merge/locations.yml
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----
-name: Location
-"@id": "#Location"
-tables:
-  - name: Address
-    "@id": "#Location.Address"
-    columns:
-      - name: id
-        "@id": "#Location.Address.id"
-        description: Primary Key
-        datatype: long
-      - name: street_address_1
-        "@id": "#Location.Address.street_address_1"
-        description: Primary Address Line
-        datatype: string
-        length: 128
-      - name: street_address_2
-        "@id": "#Location.Address.street_address_2"
-        description: Secondary Address Line
-        datatype: string
-        length: 128
-      - name: postal_code
-        "@id": "#Location.Address.postal_code"
-        description: Postal Code (ZIP code in USA)
-        datatype: string
-        length: 16
-    primaryKey: "#Location.Address.id"
diff --git a/examples/merge/point-extra.yml b/examples/merge/point-extra.yml
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----
-"@graph":
-  - "@id": "#Geometry_Point.ra"
-    ivoa:ucd: pos.eq.ra;meta.main
-    fits:tunit: deg
-  - "@id": "#Geometry_Point.dec"
-    ivoa:ucd: pos.eq.dec;meta.main
-    fits:tunit: deg
diff --git a/examples/merge/point.yml b/examples/merge/point.yml
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----
-name: Geometry
-"@id": "#Geometry"
-tables:
-  - name: Point
-    "@id": "#Geometry_Point"
-    columns:
-      - name: ra
-        "@id": "#Geometry_Point.ra"
-        datatype: float
-      - name: dec
-        "@id": "#Geometry_Point.dec"
-        datatype: float
-  - name: Line
-    "@id": "#Geometry_Line"
-    columns:
-      - name: ra0
-        "@id": "#Geometry_Line.ra0"
-        datatype: float
-      - name: dec0
-        "@id": "#Geometry_Line.dec0"
-        datatype: float
-      - name: ra1
-        "@id": "#Geometry_Line.ra1"
-        datatype: float
-      - name: dec1
-        "@id": "#Geometry_Line.dec1"
-        datatype: float
diff --git a/examples/modify-tap/README.md b/examples/modify-tap/README.md
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-Modify Tap Example
-==================
-
-With felis installed, you can try out the modify-tap command in this directory.
-
-### Option `--start-schema-at=<index>`
-
-This command will modify `tap:schema_index` when encountered as 0, missing, or greater
-than index, and assign it a new index, starting at `<index>` and increasing in the order it is
-encountered.
-
-```
-felis modify-tap --start-schema-at=10 point.yml locations.yml data_release.yml
-```
-
-The command can be pipelines with a merge command:
-
-```
-felis modify-tap --start-schema-at=10 point.yml locations.yml data_release.yml |\
-     felis merge - ../merge/point-extra.yml
-```
-
-Which can also be pipelined into the `load-tap` command:
-
-```
-felis modify-tap --start-schema-at=10 point.yml locations.yml data_release.yml |\
-     felis merge - ../merge/point-extra.yml |\
-     felis load-tap --dry-run --engine-url=sqlite:// -
-```
diff --git a/examples/modify-tap/data_release.yml b/examples/modify-tap/data_release.yml
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----
-name: DataReleases
-"@id": "#DR"
-tap:schema_index: 0
-tables:
-  - name: Release
-    "@id": "#DR.Release"
-    columns:
-      - name: id
-        "@id": "#DR.Release.id"
-        description: Primary Key
-        datatype: long
-      - name: name
-        "@id": "#DR.Release.Name"
-        description: Name of the release
-        datatype: string
-        length: 128
-      - name: description
-        "@id": "#DR.Release.description"
-        description: A description of the release
-        datatype: text
-        length: 8192
-    primaryKey: "#DR.Release.id"
diff --git a/examples/modify-tap/locations.yml b/examples/modify-tap/locations.yml
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----
-name: Location
-"@id": "#Location"
-tables:
-  - name: Address
-    "@id": "#Location.Address"
-    columns:
-      - name: id
-        "@id": "#Location.Address.id"
-        description: Primary Key
-        datatype: long
-      - name: street_address_1
-        "@id": "#Location.Address.street_address_1"
-        description: Primary Address Line
-        datatype: string
-        length: 128
-      - name: street_address_2
-        "@id": "#Location.Address.street_address_2"
-        description: Secondary Address Line
-        datatype: string
-        length: 128
-      - name: postal_code
-        "@id": "#Location.Address.postal_code"
-        description: Postal Code (ZIP code in USA)
-        datatype: string
-        length: 16
-    primaryKey: "#Location.Address.id"
diff --git a/examples/modify-tap/point.yml b/examples/modify-tap/point.yml
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----
-name: Geometry
-"@id": "#Geometry"
-tap:schema_index: 9
-tables:
-  - name: Point
-    "@id": "#Geometry_Point"
-    columns:
-      - name: ra
-        "@id": "#Geometry_Point.ra"
-        datatype: float
-      - name: dec
-        "@id": "#Geometry_Point.dec"
-        datatype: float
-        mysql:datatype: REAL
-  - name: Line
-    "@id": "#Geometry_Line"
-    columns:
-      - name: ra0
-        "@id": "#Geometry_Line.ra0"
-        datatype: float
-      - name: dec0
-        "@id": "#Geometry_Line.dec0"
-        datatype: float
-      - name: ra1
-        "@id": "#Geometry_Line.ra1"
-        datatype: float
-      - name: dec1
-        "@id": "#Geometry_Line.dec1"
-        datatype: float