GeniusReferent
A referent is a fragment of text on a page (most commonly a song lyric line) that one or more annotations are attached to.
MusicLyricsAnnotationsCrowdsourcedReference DataPublic APIs
Properties
| Name |
Type |
Description |
| id |
integer |
|
| annotator_id |
integer |
|
| annotator_login |
string |
|
| api_path |
string |
|
| classification |
string |
|
| fragment |
string |
The exact text being annotated. |
| is_description |
boolean |
|
| path |
string |
|
| range |
object |
DOM range locating the fragment on the source page. |
| song_id |
integernull |
|
| url |
string |
|
| verified_annotator_ids |
array |
|
| annotatable |
object |
|
| annotations |
array |
|
JSON Schema
{
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"$id": "https://github.com/api-evangelist/genius/blob/main/json-schema/genius-referent-schema.json",
"title": "GeniusReferent",
"description": "A referent is a fragment of text on a page (most commonly a song lyric line) that one or more annotations are attached to.",
"type": "object",
"required": ["id", "fragment"],
"properties": {
"id": { "type": "integer" },
"annotator_id": { "type": "integer" },
"annotator_login": { "type": "string" },
"api_path": { "type": "string" },
"classification": { "type": "string", "enum": ["accepted","unreviewed","verified","deleted"] },
"fragment": { "type": "string", "description": "The exact text being annotated." },
"is_description": { "type": "boolean" },
"path": { "type": "string" },
"range": { "type": "object", "additionalProperties": true, "description": "DOM range locating the fragment on the source page." },
"song_id": { "type": ["integer","null"] },
"url": { "type": "string", "format": "uri" },
"verified_annotator_ids": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "integer" } },
"annotatable": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"id": { "type": "integer" },
"type": { "type": "string", "enum": ["song","web_page","album","article"] },
"title": { "type": "string" },
"url": { "type": "string", "format": "uri" },
"api_path": { "type": "string" },
"image_url": { "type": "string", "format": "uri" },
"context": { "type": "string" }
}
},
"annotations": { "type": "array", "items": { "$ref": "genius-annotation-schema.json" } }
}
}
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