Fatcat · Schema

FileEntity

A file entity represents a specific digital file (such as a PDF) that is a manifestation of one or more research release entities.

ScholarlyResearchAcademicOpen AccessBibliographicPublicationsMetadataInternet Archive

Properties

Name Type Description
ident string Fatcat identifier for this entity.
revision string UUID of the current entity revision.
redirect string If set, this entity has been merged into the entity with this identifier.
state string Current state of the entity.
extra object Free-form additional metadata about this file.
size integer Size of file in bytes. Non-zero.
md5 string MD5 hash of file content.
sha1 string SHA-1 hash of file content.
sha256 string SHA-256 hash of file content.
urls array URLs where this file can be accessed.
mimetype string MIME type of the file.
content_scope string Scope of content within this file.
release_ids array Set of identifiers of release entities this file represents a full manifestation of.
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JSON Schema

file-entity.json Raw ↑
{
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
  "$id": "https://fatcat.wiki/schema/file-entity",
  "title": "FileEntity",
  "description": "A file entity represents a specific digital file (such as a PDF) that is a manifestation of one or more research release entities.",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "ident": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Fatcat identifier for this entity.",
      "example": "q3nouwy3nnbsvo3h5klxsx4a7y"
    },
    "revision": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "uuid",
      "description": "UUID of the current entity revision."
    },
    "redirect": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "If set, this entity has been merged into the entity with this identifier."
    },
    "state": {
      "type": "string",
      "enum": ["wip", "active", "redirect", "deleted"],
      "description": "Current state of the entity."
    },
    "extra": {
      "type": "object",
      "additionalProperties": {},
      "description": "Free-form additional metadata about this file."
    },
    "size": {
      "type": "integer",
      "example": 1048576,
      "description": "Size of file in bytes. Non-zero."
    },
    "md5": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "MD5 hash of file content.",
      "example": "d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e"
    },
    "sha1": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "SHA-1 hash of file content.",
      "example": "da39a3ee5e6b4b0d3255bfef95601890afd80709"
    },
    "sha256": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "SHA-256 hash of file content.",
      "example": "e3b0c44298fc1c149afbf4c8996fb92427ae41e4649b934ca495991b7852b855"
    },
    "urls": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "$ref": "#/definitions/file_url"
      },
      "description": "URLs where this file can be accessed."
    },
    "mimetype": {
      "type": "string",
      "example": "application/pdf",
      "description": "MIME type of the file."
    },
    "content_scope": {
      "type": "string",
      "example": "issue",
      "description": "Scope of content within this file."
    },
    "release_ids": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "string"
      },
      "description": "Set of identifiers of release entities this file represents a full manifestation of."
    }
  },
  "definitions": {
    "file_url": {
      "type": "object",
      "required": ["url", "rel"],
      "properties": {
        "url": {
          "type": "string",
          "format": "uri",
          "example": "https://example.edu/~frau/prcding.pdf",
          "description": "URL/URI pointing directly to a machine retrievable copy of this exact file."
        },
        "rel": {
          "type": "string",
          "example": "web",
          "description": "Indicates type of host this URL points to. Eg, 'publisher', 'repository', 'webarchive'."
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

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