author.schema.json

{
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-04/schema#",
  "title": "Open Library Author Schema",
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "key",
    "name",
    "type",
    "revision",
    "last_modified"
  ],
  "additionalProperties": false,
  "properties": {
    "key": { "$ref": "shared_definitions.json#/author_key" },
    "name":    { "type": "string" },
    "type": {
      "type": "object",
      "additionalProperties": false,
      "properties": {
        "key": {
          "type": "string",
          "enum": ["/type/author"]
        }
      }
    },
    "alternate_names": { "$ref": "shared_definitions.json#/string_array" },
    "bio":  { "$ref": "shared_definitions.json#/text_block" },
    "birth_date": { "type": "string" },
    "death_date": { "type": "string" },
    "location": {
      "type": "string",
      "examples": [
        "England, U.K."
      ]
    },
    "date": { "type": "string" },
    "entity_type": {
      "type": "string",
      "enum": ["person", "org", "event"]
    },
    "fuller_name": { "type": "string" },
    "personal_name": { "type": "string" },
    "title": { "type": "string" },
    "photos": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": { "type": "number" }
    },
    "links": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": { "$ref": "shared_definitions.json#/link" }
    },
    "remote_ids": {
      "type": "object",
      "additionalProperties": true,
      "properties": {
        "wikidata": {
          "type": "string",
          "pattern": "^Q[0-9]+$"
        },
        "viaf": {
          "type": "string",
          "pattern": "^[0-9]+$"
        }
      }
    },
    "wikipedia": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "DEPRECATED: Not many authors have this property. Should be moved to Links and/or remote_ids: wikidata."
    },
    "revision":        { "type": "number" },
    "latest_revision": { "type": "number" },
    "created":         { "$ref": "shared_definitions.json#/internal_datetime" },
    "last_modified":   { "$ref": "shared_definitions.json#/internal_datetime" }
  }
}