Gutendex · Schema

Person

An author, editor, or translator associated with one or more Project Gutenberg books.

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Properties

Name Type Description
name string Display name of the person, typically rendered as 'Last, First'.
birth_year integernull Year of birth as a signed integer; negative for BCE.
death_year integernull Year of death as a signed integer; negative for BCE.
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JSON Schema

gutendex-person-schema.json Raw ↑ 
{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "title": "Person",
  "type": "object",
  "description": "An author, editor, or translator associated with one or more Project Gutenberg books.",
  "properties": {
    "name": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Display name of the person, typically rendered as 'Last, First'."
    },
    "birth_year": {
      "type": ["integer", "null"],
      "description": "Year of birth as a signed integer; negative for BCE."
    },
    "death_year": {
      "type": ["integer", "null"],
      "description": "Year of death as a signed integer; negative for BCE."
    }
  }
}