Linked Art in C#

person/rembrandt/8 matches the site

Rembrandt with a biography statement.

On linked.art: Actors: People and Organizations › Biography · site JSON · type Person · Actors.Rembrandt_Biography

C#

public static Person Rembrandt_Biography()
{
    var rembrandt = new Person()
        .WithContext()
        .WithId("https://linked.art/example/person/rembrandt/8")
        .WithLabel("Rembrandt");

    rembrandt.ReferredToBy = [
        new LinguisticObject()
            .WithClassifiedAs(Aat.BiographyStatement, Aat.Statement)
            .WithContent("Rembrandt's work is characterized by the Baroque interest in dramatic scenes and strong contrasts of light on a dark stage")
    ];

    return rembrandt;
}
  • Metatype classification The second argument classifies the first, not the object: WithClassifiedAs(Aat.Description, Aat.Statement) says this is a Description, and Description is a kind of Statement. The Plain C# form shows the nesting.

JSON from the C#

{
  "@context": "https://linked.art/ns/v1/linked-art.json",
  "id": "https://linked.art/example/person/rembrandt/8",
  "type": "Person",
  "_label": "Rembrandt",
  "referred_to_by": [
    {
      "type": "LinguisticObject",
      "content": "Rembrandt's work is characterized by the Baroque interest in dramatic scenes and strong contrasts of light on a dark stage",
      "classified_as": [
        {
          "id": "http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300435422",
          "type": "Type",
          "_label": "Biography Statement",
          "classified_as": [
            {
              "id": "http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300418049",
              "type": "Type",
              "_label": "Brief Text"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

JSON on linked.art

{
  "@context": "https://linked.art/ns/v1/linked-art.json",
  "id": "https://linked.art/example/person/rembrandt/8",
  "type": "Person",
  "_label": "Rembrandt",
  "referred_to_by": [
    {
      "type": "LinguisticObject",
      "classified_as": [
        {
          "id": "http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300435422",
          "type": "Type",
          "_label": "Biography Statement",
          "classified_as": [
            {
              "id": "http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300418049",
              "type": "Type",
              "_label": "Brief Text"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "content": "Rembrandt's work is characterized by the Baroque interest in dramatic scenes and strong contrasts of light on a dark stage"
    }
  ]
}

Comparison

The two documents are equivalent (property order ignored, array order significant).

Properties used

classified_as content referred_to_by

Vocabulary terms

Brief Text Biography Statement