University of Edinburgh · Schema

EIDF Data Catalogue Dataset (CKAN package)

Shape of a dataset record returned by package_show on the Edinburgh International Data Facility CKAN 2.11.3 catalogue. Derived from a probed response.

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Properties

Name	Type	Description
id	string
name	string	URL slug, EIDF projects prefix these with their project code e.g. eidf125-
title	string
notes	stringnull
license_id	stringnull
license_title	stringnull
state	string
private	boolean
type	string
metadata_created	string
metadata_modified	string
num_resources	integer
num_tags	integer
organization	objectnull	EIDF project that owns the dataset
tags	array
resources	array

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JSON Schema

{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-edinburgh/main/json-schema/university-of-edinburgh-ckan-package-schema.json",
  "title": "EIDF Data Catalogue Dataset (CKAN package)",
  "description": "Shape of a dataset record returned by package_show on the Edinburgh International Data Facility CKAN 2.11.3 catalogue. Derived from a probed response.",
  "x-operator": "institution",
  "x-provenance": {
    "method": "derived",
    "generated": "2026-08-19",
    "source": "https://catalogue.eidf.ac.uk/api/3/action/package_show?id=edi-consensus"
  },
  "type": "object",
  "required": ["id", "name", "title", "state", "type"],
  "properties": {
    "id": {"type": "string", "format": "uuid"},
    "name": {"type": "string", "description": "URL slug, EIDF projects prefix these with their project code e.g. eidf125-"},
    "title": {"type": "string"},
    "notes": {"type": ["string", "null"]},
    "license_id": {"type": ["string", "null"]},
    "license_title": {"type": ["string", "null"]},
    "state": {"type": "string", "enum": ["active", "deleted", "draft"]},
    "private": {"type": "boolean"},
    "type": {"type": "string"},
    "metadata_created": {"type": "string", "format": "date-time"},
    "metadata_modified": {"type": "string", "format": "date-time"},
    "num_resources": {"type": "integer"},
    "num_tags": {"type": "integer"},
    "organization": {"type": ["object", "null"], "description": "EIDF project that owns the dataset"},
    "tags": {"type": "array", "items": {"type": "object", "properties": {"id": {"type": "string"}, "name": {"type": "string"}, "display_name": {"type": "string"}, "state": {"type": "string"}}}},
    "resources": {"type": "array", "items": {"type": "object", "properties": {"id": {"type": "string"}, "name": {"type": ["string", "null"]}, "url": {"type": "string"}, "format": {"type": "string"}, "created": {"type": "string"}}}}
  }
}

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