DI-fusion publication list (xml-brief)

{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/ulb/main/json-schema/ulb-difusion-publist-schema.json",
  "title": "DI-fusion publication list (xml-brief)",
  "description": "JSON Schema for the xml-brief publication list returned by the Universite libre de Bruxelles DI-fusion Export API at https://difusion-svc.ulb.ac.be/scholar. DI-fusion returns XML, not JSON; this schema describes the element tree so the payload can be validated after conversion. Field set derived from the live response captured in examples/ulb-difusion-scholar-xml-brief.xml on 2026-08-30, cross-checked against pages 6-7 of ULB's own published documentation.",
  "x-generated": "2026-08-30",
  "x-method": "derived",
  "x-source": "Live response from https://difusion-svc.ulb.ac.be/scholar?scholarID=19262&scholarInst=ULB&groupBy=genredifusion&markup=ahc&reftype=xml-brief&filetype=xml&language=en (HTTP 200, text/xml, 17,651 bytes, 2026-08-30) plus DI-fusion - Download & API rev. 03/2023, pp. 6-7.",
  "x-operator": "institution",
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "header",
    "body"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "header": {
      "type": "object",
      "description": "Rendering header. Present on every response regardless of reftype.",
      "properties": {
        "logoInst": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "Server-side path to the institution logo, e.g. /data/difusion-services/conf/awb-ulb-logo.jpg"
        },
        "logoApplication": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "Server-side path to the DI-fusion logo."
        },
        "title": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "Localised list title, e.g. 'Liste de publications de 19262'."
        },
        "subtitle": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "FullName": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "Resolved display name of the scholar."
        }
      }
    },
    "body": {
      "type": "object",
      "description": "Publication payload. Grouped into grouplevel1/grouplevel2 when groupBy is in effect, otherwise a flat doc list.",
      "properties": {
        "grouplevel1": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "$ref": "#/$defs/groupLevel"
          }
        },
        "doc": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "$ref": "#/$defs/publication"
          }
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "$defs": {
    "groupLevel": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "title": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "Grouping label, translated per the language parameter."
        },
        "count": {
          "type": "integer",
          "description": "Present only when markup contains c, and only at the highest grouping level."
        },
        "grouplevel2": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "$ref": "#/$defs/groupLevel"
          }
        },
        "doc": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "$ref": "#/$defs/publication"
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "publication": {
      "type": "object",
      "description": "One publication. Every field is emitted as an <arr name=\"...\"> list of <str> values, so all are arrays even when single-valued.",
      "properties": {
        "seqno": {
          "type": "integer",
          "description": "Present only when markup contains s or t."
        },
        "genre": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "type": "string",
            "pattern": "^info:ulb-repo/semantics/"
          },
          "description": "DI-fusion publication type. Vocabulary in vocabulary/ulb-difusion-vocabulary.yml."
        },
        "genrecvulb": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "type": "string",
            "pattern": "^info:ulb-repo/semantics/"
          },
          "description": "Publication type in the ULB CV vocabulary."
        },
        "author": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "description": "Author display names, 'Surname, Given' form."
        },
        "pubdate": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "description": "Publication date, YYYY-MM-DD."
        },
        "title": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "type": "string"
          }
        },
        "apa": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "description": "Pre-rendered APA reference string."
        },
        "startpage": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "type": "string",
            "format": "uri"
          },
          "description": "Handle System URL of the DI-fusion detail page."
        },
        "abstract": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "description": "Present only when markup contains a."
        },
        "ftlink_unrestrictedaccess": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "type": "string",
            "format": "uri"
          },
          "description": "Open-access full text. Present only when markup contains l."
        },
        "ftlink_restrictedaccess": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "type": "string",
            "format": "uri"
          },
          "description": "Intranet or embargoed full text. Present only when markup contains l."
        },
        "ftlink_closedaccess": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "type": "string",
            "format": "uri"
          },
          "description": "Closed-access full text. Present only when markup contains l."
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "x-observed-fields": [
    "abstract",
    "apa",
    "author",
    "genre",
    "genrecvulb",
    "pubdate",
    "startpage",
    "title"
  ]
}