Linked Art in C#

object/nightwatch/11 matches the site

The Night Watch is a landscape format painting, as it is wider than it is high.

On linked.art: Objects: Physical Characteristics › Shapes · site JSON · type HumanMadeObject · PhysicalCharacteristics.Nightwatch_11_Shape

C#

public static HumanMadeObject Nightwatch_11_Shape()
{
    var nightWatch = new HumanMadeObject()
        .WithContext()
        .WithId("https://linked.art/example/object/nightwatch/11")
        .WithLabel("Night Watch by Rembrandt")
        .WithClassifiedAs(Aat.Painting, Aat.TypeOfWork)
        .WithShape(Aat.Oblong);

    return nightWatch;
}
  • 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.
  • Dimensions and physical description Each helper builds a Dimension with its AAT type, value and unit, or a classification with its metatype: height, width, colour, shape, page count, component count, file size, duration in days.

JSON from the C#

{
  "@context": "https://linked.art/ns/v1/linked-art.json",
  "id": "https://linked.art/example/object/nightwatch/11",
  "type": "HumanMadeObject",
  "_label": "Night Watch by Rembrandt",
  "classified_as": [
    {
      "id": "http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300033618",
      "type": "Type",
      "_label": "Painting",
      "classified_as": [
        {
          "id": "http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300435443",
          "type": "Type",
          "_label": "Type of Work"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300311843",
      "type": "Type",
      "_label": "Oblong",
      "classified_as": [
        {
          "id": "http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300056273",
          "type": "Type",
          "_label": "Shape"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

JSON on linked.art

{
  "@context": "https://linked.art/ns/v1/linked-art.json",
  "id": "https://linked.art/example/object/nightwatch/11",
  "type": "HumanMadeObject",
  "_label": "Night Watch by Rembrandt",
  "classified_as": [
    {
      "id": "http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300033618",
      "type": "Type",
      "_label": "Painting",
      "classified_as": [
        {
          "id": "http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300435443",
          "type": "Type",
          "_label": "Type of Work"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300311843",
      "type": "Type",
      "_label": "Oblong",
      "classified_as": [
        {
          "id": "http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300056273",
          "type": "Type",
          "_label": "Shape"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Comparison

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

Properties used

classified_as

Vocabulary terms

Painting Shape Oblong Type of Work