work.schema.json

{
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-04/schema#",
  "title": "Open Library Work Schema",
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "key",
    "title",
    "type",
    "revision",
    "last_modified"
  ],
  "additionalProperties": true,
  "properties": {
    "key": { "$ref": "shared_definitions.json#/work_key" },
    "title":    { "type": "string" },
    "subtitle": { "type": "string" },
    "type": {
      "type": "object",
      "additionalProperties": false,
      "properties": {
        "key": {
          "type": "string",
          "enum": ["/type/work"]
        }
      }
    },
    "authors": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": { "$ref": "#definitions/author_role" }
    },
    "covers": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": { "type": "number" }
    },
    "links": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": { "$ref": "shared_definitions.json#/link" }
    },
    "id": {
      "description": "Unsure what this is for, deprecate?",
      "type": "number"
     },
    "lc_classifications":  { "$ref": "shared_definitions.json#/string_array" },
    "subjects":            { "$ref": "shared_definitions.json#/string_array" },

    "first_publish_date": { "type": "string" },

    "description":    { "$ref": "shared_definitions.json#/text_block" },
    "notes":          { "$ref": "shared_definitions.json#/text_block" },

    "revision":        { "type": "number" },
    "latest_revision": { "type": "number" },
    "created":         { "$ref": "shared_definitions.json#/internal_datetime" },
    "last_modified":   { "$ref": "shared_definitions.json#/internal_datetime" }
  },
  "definitions": {
    "author_role": {
      "type": "object",
      "additionalProperties": false,
      "required": [ "type", "author" ],
      "properties": {
        "type": {
          "type": "object",
          "additionalProperties": false,
          "required": ["key"],
          "properties": {
            "key": {
              "enum": ["/type/author_role"]
            }
          }
        },
        "author": { "$ref": "shared_definitions.json#/author" },
        "role":   { "type": "string" },
        "as":     { "type": "string" }
      }
    }
  }
}