Brown University · Schema

Item

A full object record from the item API.

EducationHigher EducationUniversityUnited StatesIvy LeagueResearchResearch RepositoryDigital RepositoryLibraryIIIFIdentity FederationCourse CatalogResearch Computing

Properties

Name Type Description
pid string
object_type string
primary_title string
uri string Human web view of the object.
json_uri string Self link — this item API call.
brief object Display-oriented summary block; every value is an array of strings.
relations object
api_links object Dereferenceable API URLs for this object's collections and keywords.
links object
views_dict object Named viewer and IIIF URLs. Duplicates `links.views`.
datastreams object Per-datastream mimeType, size, SHA-512 checksum and lastModified.
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JSON Schema

brown-bdr-item.json Raw ↑
{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/brown/refs/heads/main/json-schema/brown-bdr-item.json",
  "title": "Item",
  "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",
  "description": "A full object record from the item API.",
  "additionalProperties": true,
  "required": [
    "pid"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "pid": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "object_type": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "primary_title": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "uri": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "uri",
      "description": "Human web view of the object."
    },
    "json_uri": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "uri",
      "description": "Self link \u2014 this item API call."
    },
    "brief": {
      "type": "object",
      "description": "Display-oriented summary block; every value is an array of strings.",
      "additionalProperties": true
    },
    "relations": {
      "$ref": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/brown/refs/heads/main/json-schema/brown-bdr-relations.json"
    },
    "api_links": {
      "type": "object",
      "description": "Dereferenceable API URLs for this object's collections and keywords.",
      "additionalProperties": true
    },
    "links": {
      "$ref": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/brown/refs/heads/main/json-schema/brown-bdr-itemlinks.json"
    },
    "views_dict": {
      "type": "object",
      "description": "Named viewer and IIIF URLs. Duplicates `links.views`.",
      "additionalProperties": {
        "type": "string",
        "format": "uri"
      }
    },
    "datastreams": {
      "type": "object",
      "description": "Per-datastream mimeType, size, SHA-512 checksum and lastModified.",
      "additionalProperties": true
    }
  }
}

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