Brown University · Schema
CollectionRef
EducationHigher EducationUniversityUnited StatesIvy LeagueResearchResearch RepositoryDigital RepositoryLibraryIIIFIdentity FederationCourse CatalogResearch Computing
Properties
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| pid | string | |
| id | string | |
| db_id | integer | |
| name | string | |
| description | string | |
| tags | array | |
| json_uri | string | Collection API URL for this collection. |
| uri | string | Human web view of this collection. |
| thumbnail_url | string |
JSON Schema
{
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/brown/refs/heads/main/json-schema/brown-bdr-collectionref.json",
"title": "CollectionRef",
"x-provenance": {
"generated": "2026-08-30",
"method": "derived",
"source": "Derived from openapi/brown-bdr-api-openapi.yml and openapi/brown-bdr-iiif-openapi.yml, which were themselves derived from Brown's own API documentation wiki plus live probes on 2026-08-30. Brown publishes no JSON Schema. Not a Brown-authored artifact.",
"x-operator": "institution"
},
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"pid": {
"type": "string"
},
"id": {
"type": "string"
},
"db_id": {
"type": "integer"
},
"name": {
"type": "string"
},
"description": {
"type": "string"
},
"tags": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"json_uri": {
"type": "string",
"format": "uri",
"description": "Collection API URL for this collection."
},
"uri": {
"type": "string",
"format": "uri",
"description": "Human web view of this collection."
},
"thumbnail_url": {
"type": "string",
"format": "uri"
}
}
}
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