Gutendex · Schema

Person

An author, editor, or translator associated with one or more Project Gutenberg books.

BooksCatalogEbooksLibraryLiteratureMetadataOpen SourceProject GutenbergPublic APIsPublic Domain

Properties

Name Type Description
name string Display name of the person, typically rendered as 'Last, First'.
birth_year integernull Year of birth as a signed integer; negative for BCE.
death_year integernull Year of death as a signed integer; negative for BCE.
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JSON Schema

gutendex-person-schema.json Raw ↑
{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "title": "Person",
  "type": "object",
  "description": "An author, editor, or translator associated with one or more Project Gutenberg books.",
  "properties": {
    "name": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Display name of the person, typically rendered as 'Last, First'."
    },
    "birth_year": {
      "type": ["integer", "null"],
      "description": "Year of birth as a signed integer; negative for BCE."
    },
    "death_year": {
      "type": ["integer", "null"],
      "description": "Year of death as a signed integer; negative for BCE."
    }
  }
}

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