{ "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema", "$id": "https://catholiccorpus.org/schemas/source-sidecar-v1.json", "title": "CatholicCorpus Source Sidecar", "description": "Schema for _source.json provenance files that accompany downloaded content in CatholicCorpus. Each sidecar documents where a file (or group of files) came from, its license, and how to attribute it.", "type": "object", "required": [ "corpus", "source_name", "source_url", "upstream_url", "description", "language", "date_downloaded", "license", "license_url", "license_details", "attribution_required", "attribution_text", "credit", "format", "estimated_words", "notes" ], "properties": { "corpus": { "type": "string", "const": "CatholicCorpus.org", "description": "Identifies this sidecar as belonging to the CatholicCorpus project. Always set to 'CatholicCorpus.org'." }, "source_name": { "type": "string", "description": "Human-readable name of the source collection or text. Used in documentation and attribution. Examples: 'CSEL Latin Church Fathers', 'SBL Greek New Testament', 'Catholic Encyclopedia (1913)'." }, "source_url": { "type": "string", "format": "uri", "description": "The URL from which the file(s) were actually downloaded. This may differ from upstream_url if the content is mirrored or repackaged. For git repos, this is the clone URL." }, "upstream_url": { "type": "string", "format": "uri", "description": "The canonical URL of the original project or institution that produced the content. This is where a researcher would go to learn about the source. May be the same as source_url." }, "description": { "type": "string", "description": "Detailed description of what this source contains, its scholarly significance, and its scope. Should be understandable to someone unfamiliar with the collection." }, "language": { "type": "string", "description": "Primary language(s) of the content. Use standard language names. For multilingual sources, list all with the primary first. Examples: 'Latin', 'Ancient Greek', 'Latin (primary), English (translations)', 'Multilingual'." }, "date_downloaded": { "type": "string", "format": "date", "description": "ISO 8601 date (YYYY-MM-DD) when the content was downloaded. Used to track provenance freshness." }, "license": { "type": "string", "description": "Short license identifier. Controlled vocabulary: 'Public Domain', 'CC BY 4.0', 'CC BY-NC-SA 4.0', 'CC BY 4.0 with additional EULA', 'Non-commercial use permitted', 'Copyrighted (not redistributable)', 'Unclear'. If unclear, explain in license_details.", "examples": ["Public Domain", "CC BY 4.0", "CC BY-NC-SA 4.0", "Copyrighted (not redistributable)"] }, "license_url": { "type": ["string", "null"], "format": "uri", "description": "URL to the full license text. Set to null for public domain works or when no license URL exists." }, "license_details": { "type": "string", "description": "Extended explanation of the licensing situation. Should cover: why this license applies, any special conditions, whether commercial use is permitted, and any attribution requirements beyond what is captured in attribution_text." }, "attribution_required": { "type": "boolean", "description": "Whether users of this content must provide attribution. True for Creative Commons licensed works; typically false for public domain. When true, the required attribution text is in attribution_text." }, "attribution_text": { "type": ["string", "null"], "description": "The specific attribution text that must be included when using this content. Set to null when attribution_required is false. Should be copy-paste ready for inclusion in derivative works." }, "credit": { "type": "object", "description": "Structured credit information for the digitization chain: who created the original, who translated it, who edited it, who digitized it, and who should be thanked.", "required": ["digitized_by", "digitizer_url", "original_author"], "properties": { "digitized_by": { "type": "string", "description": "The institution or individual responsible for creating the digital version. Examples: 'Internet Archive', 'Corpus Corporum (University of Zurich)', 'Christian Classics Ethereal Library'." }, "digitizer_url": { "type": "string", "format": "uri", "description": "URL of the digitization project or institution." }, "original_author": { "type": "string", "description": "The original author(s) of the text. For collections with multiple authors, name the primary or use 'Various'. For anonymous works, use the conventional attribution." }, "translator": { "type": ["string", "null"], "description": "Translator name(s), if the content is a translation. Null for texts in their original language." }, "editor": { "type": ["string", "null"], "description": "Editor of the edition used. For critical editions, name the editor. For Migne Patrologia, this is 'J.-P. Migne'. Null if no specific editor." }, "publisher": { "type": ["string", "null"], "description": "Historical publisher of the print edition that was digitized. Null if not applicable or unknown." }, "publication_year": { "type": ["string", "null"], "description": "Year or year range of the print edition. Examples: '1844-1865', '1885', '1913'. Null if unknown." }, "thank_you": { "type": "string", "description": "A human-readable acknowledgment of the work involved in making this content available. Used in ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.md generation." } } }, "format": { "type": "string", "description": "File format(s) of the downloaded content. Examples: 'TEI XML, plain text', 'PDF', 'EPUB and PDF', 'Unicode plain text', 'HTML (bilingual parallel text)'." }, "estimated_words": { "type": ["string", "number"], "description": "Approximate word count of the content. Can be a number (140000) or a descriptive string ('Varies by translation', '55,000,000-113,000,000'). Used for corpus statistics." }, "notes": { "type": ["string", "null"], "description": "Any additional context about this source that does not fit other fields. Null if nothing to add. Common uses: download caveats, known issues, relationship to other collections." }, "article_count": { "type": "string", "description": "Number of discrete articles or entries, for encyclopedia-type sources. Optional; only present where meaningful (e.g., Catholic Encyclopedia with '10000+' articles)." } }, "additionalProperties": false }