WorldCat · Schema

BibRecord

WorldCat BibRecord schema

LibrariesBibliographic RecordsWorldCatOCLCCatalogingMetadataDiscoveryBooksMediaLinked Data

Properties

Name	Type	Description
identifier	object
title	object
contributor	object
subjects	array
classification	object
publishers	array
date	object
language	object
edition	object
source	array
note	object
format	object
musicInfo	object
digitalAccessAndLocations	array
description	object
related	object
work	object
editionCluster	object
totalEditions	object
database	object
localTitle	object
localContributor	object
localSubjects	array
localNote	object
localGenres	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.json",
  "title": "BibRecord",
  "description": "WorldCat BibRecord schema",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "identifier": {
      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Identifier"
    },
    "title": {
      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Title"
    },
    "contributor": {
      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Contributor"
    },
    "subjects": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Subject"
      }
    },
    "classification": {
      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Classification"
    },
    "publishers": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Publisher"
      }
    },
    "date": {
      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/DateObject"
    },
    "language": {
      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Language"
    },
    "edition": {
      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/EditionInfo"
    },
    "source": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Source"
      }
    },
    "note": {
      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Note"
    },
    "format": {
      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Format"
    },
    "musicInfo": {
      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/MusicInfo"
    },
    "digitalAccessAndLocations": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "$ref": "#/components/schemas/DigitalAccessAndLocation"
      }
    },
    "description": {
      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Description"
    },
    "related": {
      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Related"
    },
    "work": {
      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Work"
    },
    "editionCluster": {
      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Edition"
    },
    "totalEditions": {
      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/TotalEditions"
    },
    "database": {
      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Database"
    },
    "localTitle": {
      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Title"
    },
    "localContributor": {
      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Contributor"
    },
    "localSubjects": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Subject"
      }
    },
    "localNote": {
      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Note"
    },
    "localGenres": {
      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Genres"
    }
  }
}

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