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Genius Annotation Structure

JSON Structure for a Genius annotation — the central scholarly unit of the Genius platform.

Type: object Properties: 0
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Genius Annotation Structure is a JSON Structure definition published by Genius. It conforms to the https://json-structure.github.io/schemas/draft-01/ meta-schema.

Meta-schema: https://json-structure.github.io/schemas/draft-01/

JSON Structure

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{
  "$schema": "https://json-structure.github.io/schemas/draft-01/",
  "title": "GeniusAnnotation",
  "description": "JSON Structure for a Genius annotation — the central scholarly unit of the Genius platform.",
  "type": "object",
  "fields": {
    "id":            { "type": "integer", "required": true },
    "body":          { "type": "object",  "required": true, "description": "Annotation body rendered per text_format." },
    "state":         { "type": "string",  "enum": ["accepted","pending","deleted","needs_exegesis"], "required": true },
    "verified":      { "type": "boolean", "description": "True when verified by an editor or artist." },
    "community":     { "type": "boolean", "description": "True when authored by community, not artist/editor." },
    "votes_total":   { "type": "integer" },
    "comment_count": { "type": "integer", "minimum": 0 },
    "url":           { "type": "string", "format": "uri" },
    "share_url":     { "type": "string", "format": "uri" },
    "created_at":    { "type": "string", "format": "date-time" },
    "authors":       { "type": "array",  "items": { "type": "object" } }
  },
  "metadata": {
    "source": "https://docs.genius.com/",
    "lifecycle": "public-stable",
    "scopes": ["create_annotation","manage_annotation","vote"]
  }
}

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