Public Research Group Database
Here is an exemplar for the current schema for Institutions. Below it is the full schema.:
Exemplar:
"institutions": {
"_id": "columbiau",
"aka": ["Columbia University", "Columbia"],
"city": "New York",
"country": "USA",
"departments": {
"physics": {
"name": "Department of Physics",
"aka": ["Dept. of Physics", "Physics"],
},
"chemistry": {
"name": "Department of Chemistry",
"aka": ["Chemistry", "Dept. of Chemistry"],
},
"apam": {
"name": "Department of Applied Physics"
"and Applied Mathematics",
"aka": ["APAM"],
},
},
"name": "Columbia University",
"schools": {
"seas": {
"name": "School of Engineering and " "Applied Science",
"aka": [
"SEAS",
"Columbia Engineering",
"Fu Foundation School of Engineering "
"and Applied Science",
],
}
},
"state": "NY",
"zip": "10027",
"updated": "2020-01-04 16:41:47.790527"
"uuid": "ff1a6857-76aa-4c23-9758-7bb1aec8b4ed"
},
Full Schema:
"institutions": {
"_description": {
"description": "This collection will contain all the institutions"
"in the world and their departments and addresses"
},
"_id": {
"description": "unique identifier for the institution.",
"required": True,
"type": "string",
},
"aka": {
"description": "list of all the different names this "
"the institution is known by",
"required": False,
"type": "list",
},
"city": {
"description": "the city where the institution is",
"required": True,
"type": "string",
},
"country": {
"description": "The country where the institution is",
"required": True,
"type": "string",
},
"departments": {
"description": "all the departments and centers and"
"various units in the institution",
"required": False,
"type": "dict",
# Allow unkown department names, but check their content
"valueschema": {
"type": "dict",
"schema": {
"name": {
"description": "The canonical name",
"required": True,
"type": "string",
},
"aka": {"required": False, "type": "list"},
},
},
},
"name": {
"description": "the canonical name of the institutions",
"required": True,
"type": "string",
},
"schools": {
"description": "this is more for universities, but it "
"be used for larger divisions in big "
"organizations",
"required": False,
"type": "dict",
"valueschema": {
"type": "dict",
"schema": {
"name": {
"description": "The canonical name",
"required": True,
"type": "string",
},
"aka": {"required": False, "type": "list"},
},
},
},
"state": {
"description": "the state where the institution is",
"required": True,
"type": "string",
"dependencies": {"country": "USA"},
},
"zip": {
"description": "the zip or postal code of the institution",
"required": True,
"type": "string",
"dependencies": {"country": "USA"},
"updated": {
"description": "The time when the entry was updated",
"required": false,
"type": "string",
},
"uuid": {
"description": "A universal ID for the entry",
"required": false,
"type": "string"}
}
},
},
