eCFR · Schema
CfrAncestor
An ancestor node in the CFR hierarchy as returned by GET /api/versioner/v1/ancestry/{date}/title-{title}.json.
Federal RegulationsGovernmentLegalComplianceOpen DataUnited States
Properties
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| type | string | The type of this hierarchy node. |
| label | string | Full human-readable label for this node (e.g., 'Title 2 - Federal Financial Assistance'). |
| label_level | string | Short level label (e.g., 'Title 2', 'Part 200'). |
| label_description | string | Descriptive portion of the label (e.g., 'Federal Financial Assistance'). |
| reserved | boolean | Whether this node is reserved. |
| identifier | string | Identifier for this node within its type (e.g., '2', 'A', 'I', '200'). |
JSON Schema
{
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
"$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/ecfr/main/json-schema/cfr-ancestor.json",
"title": "CfrAncestor",
"description": "An ancestor node in the CFR hierarchy as returned by GET /api/versioner/v1/ancestry/{date}/title-{title}.json.",
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"type": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The type of this hierarchy node.",
"enum": ["title", "subtitle", "chapter", "subchapter", "part", "subpart", "subject_group", "section", "appendix"]
},
"label": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Full human-readable label for this node (e.g., 'Title 2 - Federal Financial Assistance')."
},
"label_level": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Short level label (e.g., 'Title 2', 'Part 200')."
},
"label_description": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Descriptive portion of the label (e.g., 'Federal Financial Assistance')."
},
"reserved": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Whether this node is reserved."
},
"identifier": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Identifier for this node within its type (e.g., '2', 'A', 'I', '200')."
}
},
"required": ["type", "label", "identifier"]
}
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