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Ubc Dataset Structure

JSON Structure description of a Dataverse dataset in UBC Library's Abacus repository.

Type: object Properties: 13 Required: 1
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UBCAbacusDataset is a JSON Structure definition published by University of British Columbia, describing 13 properties, of which 1 is required. It conforms to the https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0 meta-schema.

Properties

id globalId protocol authority identifier storageIdentifier metadataLanguage publicationDate createDate modificationTime fileAccessRequest harvested files

Meta-schema: https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0

JSON Structure

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{
  "$schema": "https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0",
  "$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/ubc/main/json-structure/ubc-dataset-structure.json",
  "x-provenance": {
    "generated": "2026-08-19",
    "method": "derived",
    "source": "Derived from openapi/_original/ubc-abacus-dataverse.yaml (Dataverse 5.9). Object model is Dataverse software's; deployment is UBC-operated.",
    "x-operator": "institution"
  },
  "name": "UBCAbacusDataset",
  "description": "JSON Structure description of a Dataverse dataset in UBC Library's Abacus repository.",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "id": {
      "type": "int64",
      "description": "Internal numeric database id."
    },
    "globalId": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Persistent identifier such as a DOI."
    },
    "protocol": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "authority": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "identifier": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "storageIdentifier": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "metadataLanguage": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "publicationDate": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "date-time"
    },
    "createDate": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "date-time"
    },
    "modificationTime": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "date-time"
    },
    "fileAccessRequest": {
      "type": "boolean"
    },
    "harvested": {
      "type": "boolean"
    },
    "files": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "$ref": "#/definitions/DataFileRef"
      }
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "id"
  ],
  "definitions": {
    "DataFileRef": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "id": {
          "type": "int64"
        },
        "contentType": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "filesize": {
          "type": "int64"
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

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