University of British Columbia · JSON Structure

Ubc Dataverse Structure

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

Type: object Properties: 8 Required: 2
EducationHigher EducationUniversityPublic Research UniversityCanadaBritish ColumbiaU15LibraryDigital CollectionsResearch DataResearch RepositoryOpen DataIdentity FederationOAI-PMHIIIFDataverse

UBCAbacusDataverse is a JSON Structure definition published by University of British Columbia, describing 8 properties, of which 2 are required. It conforms to the https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0 meta-schema.

Properties

id name alias description affiliation dataverseType permissionRoot metadataBlockRoot

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-dataverse-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": "UBCAbacusDataverse",
  "description": "JSON Structure description of a Dataverse collection in UBC Library's Abacus repository.",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "id": {
      "type": "int64",
      "description": "Internal numeric database id."
    },
    "name": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Display name of the dataverse."
    },
    "alias": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "URL-safe alias."
    },
    "description": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "affiliation": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "dataverseType": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "permissionRoot": {
      "type": "boolean"
    },
    "metadataBlockRoot": {
      "type": "boolean"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "id",
    "alias"
  ]
}

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