WorldCat · Schema

BibRecordBrief

WorldCat BibRecordBrief schema

LibrariesBibliographic RecordsWorldCatOCLCCatalogingMetadataDiscoveryBooksMediaLinked Data

Properties

Name	Type	Description
oclcNumber	object
title	object
creator	object
date	object
language	object
generalFormat	object
specificFormat	object
edition	object
publisher	string
isbns	object
issns	object
mergedOclcNumbers	object
catalogingInfo	object
institutionHolding	object

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JSON Schema

{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "$id": "https://developer.api.oclc.org/schemas/worldcat-bib-record-brief.json",
  "title": "BibRecordBrief",
  "description": "WorldCat BibRecordBrief schema",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "oclcNumber": {
      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/OclcNumber"
    },
    "title": {
      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/SimpleTitle"
    },
    "creator": {
      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/CreatorString"
    },
    "date": {
      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Date"
    },
    "language": {
      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/ItemLanguage"
    },
    "generalFormat": {
      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/GeneralFormat"
    },
    "specificFormat": {
      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/SpecificFormat"
    },
    "edition": {
      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/EditionStatement"
    },
    "publisher": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "isbns": {
      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Isbns"
    },
    "issns": {
      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Issns"
    },
    "mergedOclcNumbers": {
      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/MergedOclcNumbers"
    },
    "catalogingInfo": {
      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/CatalogingInfo"
    },
    "institutionHolding": {
      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/InstitutionHolding"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "oclcNumber",
    "title",
    "creator",
    "date",
    "language",
    "edition",
    "publisher"
  ]
}

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