Michigan State University · Schema
MSU Libraries Catalog Record
JSON Schema for a bibliographic record returned by the MSU Libraries VuFind REST API (Library Catalog v11.0.4). Derived from the published OpenAPI 3.0.3 Record schema.
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Properties
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| id | string | Record unique identifier |
| uuid | string | Universally unique identifier |
| bibnum | string | Bibliographic record number |
| title | string | Title |
| shortTitle | string | Short title without subtitle |
| subTitle | string | Subtitle |
| titleSection | string | Title section |
| titleStatement | string | Title statement |
| edition | string | Edition |
| formats | array | Formats |
| languages | array | Languages |
| publishers | array | Publishers |
| publicationDates | array | Publication dates |
| placesOfPublication | array | Places of publication |
| isbns | array | ISBNs |
| issns | array | ISSNs |
| cleanIsbn | string | First valid ISBN favoring ISBN-10 over ISBN-13 |
| cleanIssn | string | First valid ISSN |
| cleanDoi | string | First valid DOI |
| cleanOclcNumber | string | First valid OCLC number |
| oclc | array | OCLC numbers |
| lccn | string | LCCN |
| callNumbers | array | Call numbers |
| buildings | array | Buildings where the record is held |
| institutions | array | Institutions |
| bibliographicLevel | string | Bibliographic level |
| authors | object | Deduplicated author information including primary, corporate and secondary authors |
| subjects | array | Subjects |
| series | array | Series |
| summary | array | Summary notes |
| physicalDescriptions | array | Physical descriptions |
| urls | array | URLs |
| recordPage | string | Record page URL in the catalog UI |
| isCollection | boolean | Whether the record is a collection |
| childRecordCount | integer | Number of child records |
JSON Schema
{
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/michigan-state-university/main/json-schema/michigan-state-university-record-schema.json",
"x-provenance": {
"generated": "2026-08-30",
"method": "derived",
"source": "openapi/_original/michigan-state-university-catalog-rest.yaml (components.schemas.Record)",
"note": "Derived by API Evangelist from the OpenAPI Michigan State University Libraries publishes at https://catalog.lib.msu.edu/api/v1/?swagger. Not authored or published by Michigan State University."
},
"title": "MSU Libraries Catalog Record",
"description": "JSON Schema for a bibliographic record returned by the MSU Libraries VuFind REST API (Library Catalog v11.0.4). Derived from the published OpenAPI 3.0.3 Record schema.",
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"id": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Record unique identifier"
},
"uuid": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Universally unique identifier"
},
"bibnum": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Bibliographic record number"
},
"title": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Title"
},
"shortTitle": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Short title without subtitle"
},
"subTitle": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Subtitle"
},
"titleSection": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Title section"
},
"titleStatement": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Title statement"
},
"edition": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Edition"
},
"formats": {
"type": "array",
"description": "Formats",
"items": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"languages": {
"type": "array",
"description": "Languages",
"items": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"publishers": {
"type": "array",
"description": "Publishers",
"items": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"publicationDates": {
"type": "array",
"description": "Publication dates",
"items": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"placesOfPublication": {
"type": "array",
"description": "Places of publication",
"items": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"isbns": {
"type": "array",
"description": "ISBNs",
"items": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"issns": {
"type": "array",
"description": "ISSNs",
"items": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"cleanIsbn": {
"type": "string",
"description": "First valid ISBN favoring ISBN-10 over ISBN-13"
},
"cleanIssn": {
"type": "string",
"description": "First valid ISSN"
},
"cleanDoi": {
"type": "string",
"description": "First valid DOI"
},
"cleanOclcNumber": {
"type": "string",
"description": "First valid OCLC number"
},
"oclc": {
"type": "array",
"description": "OCLC numbers",
"items": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"lccn": {
"type": "string",
"description": "LCCN"
},
"callNumbers": {
"type": "array",
"description": "Call numbers",
"items": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"buildings": {
"type": "array",
"description": "Buildings where the record is held",
"items": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"institutions": {
"type": "array",
"description": "Institutions",
"items": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"bibliographicLevel": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Bibliographic level",
"enum": [
"Monograph",
"Serial",
"MonographPart",
"SerialPart",
"Collection",
"CollectionPart",
"Unknown"
]
},
"authors": {
"type": "object",
"description": "Deduplicated author information including primary, corporate and secondary authors",
"properties": {
"primary": {
"type": "object",
"additionalProperties": {
"$ref": "#/$defs/AuthorWithRoles"
}
},
"secondary": {
"type": "object",
"additionalProperties": {
"$ref": "#/$defs/AuthorWithRoles"
}
},
"corporate": {
"type": "object",
"additionalProperties": {
"$ref": "#/$defs/AuthorWithRoles"
}
}
}
},
"subjects": {
"type": "array",
"description": "Subjects",
"items": {
"$ref": "#/$defs/Subject"
}
},
"series": {
"type": "array",
"description": "Series",
"items": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"summary": {
"type": "array",
"description": "Summary notes",
"items": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"physicalDescriptions": {
"type": "array",
"description": "Physical descriptions",
"items": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"urls": {
"type": "array",
"description": "URLs",
"items": {
"$ref": "#/$defs/Url"
}
},
"recordPage": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Record page URL in the catalog UI"
},
"isCollection": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Whether the record is a collection"
},
"childRecordCount": {
"type": "integer",
"description": "Number of child records"
}
},
"$defs": {
"AuthorWithRoles": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"role": {
"type": "array",
"description": "Author's roles",
"items": {
"type": "string"
}
}
}
},
"Subject": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"heading": {
"type": "array",
"description": "Subject heading parts from least to most specific",
"items": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"type": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Subject type",
"enum": [
"",
"personal name",
"corporate name",
"meeting name",
"uniform title",
"chronological",
"topic",
"geographic",
"genre/form",
"occupation",
"keyword"
]
},
"source": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Subject source/thesaurus (e.g. lcsh, mesh)"
}
}
},
"Url": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"url": {
"type": "string",
"description": "URL"
},
"desc": {
"type": "string",
"description": "URL Description"
}
}
}
}
}
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