Person

A person record returned by the Cambridge Lookup/Ibis web service API.

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Properties

Name Type Description
cancelled boolean Flag indicating if the person is cancelled.
identifier object The person's primary identifier (typically their CRSid).
displayName string The person's display name (if visible).
registeredName string The person's registered name (if visible).
surname string The person's surname (if visible).
visibleName string The person's display name if visible, otherwise registered name, surname, or primary identifier.
misAffiliation string The person's MIS status ("staff", "student", "staff,student" or "").
identifiers array A list of the person's identifiers (only populated when fetch includes all_identifiers).
attributes array A list of the person's attributes (only populated when requested via fetch).
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JSON Schema

university-of-cambridge-person-schema.json Raw ↑
{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "$id": "https://www.lookup.cam.ac.uk/schema/person.json",
  "title": "Person",
  "description": "A person record returned by the Cambridge Lookup/Ibis web service API.",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "cancelled": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "description": "Flag indicating if the person is cancelled."
    },
    "identifier": {
      "$ref": "https://www.lookup.cam.ac.uk/schema/identifier.json",
      "description": "The person's primary identifier (typically their CRSid)."
    },
    "displayName": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The person's display name (if visible)."
    },
    "registeredName": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The person's registered name (if visible)."
    },
    "surname": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The person's surname (if visible)."
    },
    "visibleName": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The person's display name if visible, otherwise registered name, surname, or primary identifier."
    },
    "misAffiliation": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The person's MIS status (\"staff\", \"student\", \"staff,student\" or \"\")."
    },
    "identifiers": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": { "$ref": "https://www.lookup.cam.ac.uk/schema/identifier.json" },
      "description": "A list of the person's identifiers (only populated when fetch includes all_identifiers)."
    },
    "attributes": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": { "$ref": "https://www.lookup.cam.ac.uk/schema/attribute.json" },
      "description": "A list of the person's attributes (only populated when requested via fetch)."
    }
  },
  "$defs": {
    "Identifier": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "scheme": { "type": "string", "description": "The identifier's scheme (e.g., \"crsid\")." },
        "value": { "type": "string", "description": "The identifier's value in that scheme." }
      }
    }
  }
}

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