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Caltech Library Feeds — Person

Schema for one entry in the Caltech Library Feeds people dataset at https://feeds.library.caltech.edu/people/people_list.json. DERIVED by API Evangelist from the live dataset observed 2026-08-19 (3,885 entries). Caltech publishes the data but no schema.

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Properties

Name Type Description
sort_name string Family, Given form.
clpid string Caltech Library person identifier.
cl_people_id string Duplicate of clpid in the observed data.
_Key string Dataset collection key; duplicate of clpid in the observed data.
orcid string ORCID iD, or an empty string when the person has none recorded. Present on every entry as a field, populated on a subset.
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JSON Schema

caltech-library-feeds-person-schema.json Raw ↑ 
{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/caltech/refs/heads/main/json-schema/caltech-library-feeds-person-schema.json",
  "title": "Caltech Library Feeds — Person",
  "description": "Schema for one entry in the Caltech Library Feeds people dataset at https://feeds.library.caltech.edu/people/people_list.json. DERIVED by API Evangelist from the live dataset observed 2026-08-19 (3,885 entries). Caltech publishes the data but no schema.",
  "x-operator": "institution",
  "x-provenance": {
    "generated": "2026-08-19",
    "method": "derived",
    "source": ["https://feeds.library.caltech.edu/people/people_list.json"],
    "status_code": 200,
    "record_count_observed": 3885
  },
  "type": "object",
  "required": ["sort_name", "clpid"],
  "properties": {
    "sort_name": { "type": "string", "description": "Family, Given form.", "examples": ["Abbott, Richard"] },
    "clpid": { "type": "string", "description": "Caltech Library person identifier.", "examples": ["Abbott-Richard"] },
    "cl_people_id": { "type": "string", "description": "Duplicate of clpid in the observed data." },
    "_Key": { "type": "string", "description": "Dataset collection key; duplicate of clpid in the observed data." },
    "orcid": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "ORCID iD, or an empty string when the person has none recorded. Present on every entry as a field, populated on a subset.",
      "examples": ["0000-0003-1106-1178", ""]
    }
  }
}