diff --git a/examples/kdl-schema.kdl b/examples/kdl-schema.kdl
index ec3f0d5..b9c11df 100644
--- a/examples/kdl-schema.kdl
+++ b/examples/kdl-schema.kdl
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ document {
         max 1
         children id="node-children" {
             node "node-names" id="node-names-node" description="Validations to apply specifically to arbitrary node names" {
-                children ref=r"[id="validations"]"
+                children ref=r#"[id="validations"]"#
             }
             node "other-nodes-allowed" id="other-nodes-allowed-node" description="Whether to allow child nodes other than the ones explicitly listed. Defaults to 'false'." {
                 max 1
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ document {
                 }
             }
             node "tag-names" description="Validations to apply specifically to arbitrary type tag names" {
-                children ref=r"[id="validations"]"
+                children ref=r#"[id="validations"]"#
             }
             node "other-tags-allowed" description="Whether to allow child node tags other than the ones explicitly listed. Defaults to 'false'." {
                 max 1
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ document {
                             min 1
                             max 1
                         }
-                        prop ref=r"[id="info-lang"]"
+                        prop ref=r#"[id="info-lang"]"#
                     }
                     node "author" description="Author of the schema" {
                         value id="info-person-name" description="Person name" {
@@ -72,12 +72,12 @@ document {
                             pattern r"\d{4}-\d{4}-\d{4}-\d{4}"
                         }
                         children {
-                            node ref=r"[id="info-link"]"
+                            node ref=r#"[id="info-link"]"#
                         }
                     }
                     node "contributor" description="Contributor to the schema" {
-                        value ref=r"[id="info-person-name"]"
-                        prop ref=r"[id="info-orcid"]"
+                        value ref=r#"[id="info-person-name"]"#
+                        prop ref=r#"[id="info-orcid"]"#
                     }
                     node "link" id="info-link" description="Links to itself, and to sources describing it" {
                         value description="A URL that the link points to" {
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ document {
                             type "string"
                             enum "self" "documentation"
                         }
-                        prop ref=r"[id="info-lang"]"
+                        prop ref=r#"[id="info-lang"]"#
                     }
                     node "license" description="The license(s) that the schema is licensed under" {
                         value description="Name of the used license" {
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ document {
                             type "string"
                         }
                         children {
-                            node ref=r"[id="info-link"]"
+                            node ref=r#"[id="info-link"]"#
                         }
                     }
                     node "published" description="When the schema was published" {
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ document {
                             min 1
                             max 1
                         }
-                        prop ref=r"[id="info-time"]"
+                        prop ref=r#"[id="info-time"]"#
                     }
                     node "version" description="The version number of this version of the schema" {
                         value description="Semver version number" {
@@ -152,9 +152,9 @@ document {
                     format "kdl-query"
                 }
                 children {
-                    node ref=r"[id="node-names-node"]"
-                    node ref=r"[id="other-nodes-allowed-node"]"
-                    node ref=r"[id="node-node"]"
+                    node ref=r#"[id="node-names-node"]"#
+                    node ref=r#"[id="other-nodes-allowed-node"]"#
+                    node ref=r#"[id="node-node"]"#
                 }
             }
             node "node" id="node-node" description="A child node belonging either to `document` or to another `node`. Nodes may be anonymous." {
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ document {
                 }
                 children {
                     node "prop-names" description="Validations to apply specifically to arbitrary property names" {
-                        children ref=r"[id="validations"]"
+                        children ref=r#"[id="validations"]"#
                     }
                     node "other-props-allowed" description="Whether to allow properties other than the ones explicitly listed. Defaults to 'false'." {
                         max 1
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ document {
                             type "number"
                         }
                     }
-                    node ref=r"[id="value-tag-node"]"
+                    node ref=r#"[id="value-tag-node"]"#
                     node "prop" id="prop-node" description="A node property key/value pair." {
                         value description="The property key." {
                             type "string"
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ document {
                         prop "description" description="A description of this property's purpose." {
                             type "string"
                         }
-                        children ref=r"[id="validations"]"
+                        children ref=r#"[id="validations"]"#
                         children description="Node value-specific validations" {
                             node "min" description="minimum number of values for this node." {
                                 max 1
@@ -355,17 +355,17 @@ document {
                         prop "description" description="A description of this these children's purpose." {
                             type "string"
                         }
-                        children ref=r"[id="node-children"]"
+                        children ref=r#"[id="node-children"]"#
                     }
                 }
             }
             node "definitions" description="Definitions to reference in parts of the top-level nodes" {
                 children {
-                    node ref=r"[id="node-node"]"
-                    node ref=r"[id="value-node"]"
-                    node ref=r"[id="prop-node"]"
-                    node ref=r"[id="children-node"]"
-                    node ref=r"[id="tag-node"]"
+                    node ref=r#"[id="node-node"]"#
+                    node ref=r#"[id="value-node"]"#
+                    node ref=r#"[id="prop-node"]"#
+                    node ref=r#"[id="children-node"]"#
+                    node ref=r#"[id="tag-node"]"#
                 }
             }
         }