University of Cape Town · Schema

DataFirst Study Data File

One data file belonging to a study in the DataFirst NADA microdata catalog, as returned by GET /catalog/data_files/{idno}. Field set observed live on 2026-08-30.

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Properties

Name Type Description
id integer Internal data file identifier.
sid integer Internal id of the owning study.
file_id string File id within the study (F1, F3, F4 ...).
file_name string Name of the data file.
description stringnull Free-text description of the file.
case_count integernull Number of cases (rows) in the file.
var_count integernull Number of variables (columns) in the file.
producer stringnull
data_checks stringnull
missing_data stringnull
version stringnull
notes stringnull
metadata objectnull Nested DDI file description, when present.
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JSON Schema

university-of-cape-town-datafile-schema.json Raw ↑ 
{
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
  "$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-cape-town/main/json-schema/university-of-cape-town-datafile-schema.json",
  "title": "DataFirst Study Data File",
  "description": "One data file belonging to a study in the DataFirst NADA microdata catalog, as returned by GET /catalog/data_files/{idno}. Field set observed live on 2026-08-30.",
  "type": "object",
  "required": ["id", "sid", "file_id", "file_name"],
  "properties": {
    "id": { "type": "integer", "description": "Internal data file identifier.", "examples": [7911] },
    "sid": { "type": "integer", "description": "Internal id of the owning study.", "examples": [890] },
    "file_id": { "type": "string", "description": "File id within the study (F1, F3, F4 ...).", "examples": ["F3"] },
    "file_name": { "type": "string", "description": "Name of the data file.", "examples": ["incidence_Karonga"] },
    "description": { "type": ["string", "null"], "description": "Free-text description of the file." },
    "case_count": { "type": ["integer", "null"], "description": "Number of cases (rows) in the file.", "examples": [25136] },
    "var_count": { "type": ["integer", "null"], "description": "Number of variables (columns) in the file.", "examples": [12] },
    "producer": { "type": ["string", "null"] },
    "data_checks": { "type": ["string", "null"] },
    "missing_data": { "type": ["string", "null"] },
    "version": { "type": ["string", "null"] },
    "notes": { "type": ["string", "null"] },
    "metadata": { "type": ["object", "null"], "description": "Nested DDI file description, when present." }
  },
  "additionalProperties": true
}

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