Linked Art in C#

object/nightwatch/12 matches the site

The Night Watch is made of oil paint and canvas.

On linked.art: Objects: Physical Characteristics › Materials · site JSON · type HumanMadeObject · PhysicalCharacteristics.Nightwatch_12_Materials

C#

public static HumanMadeObject Nightwatch_12_Materials()
{
    var nightWatch = new HumanMadeObject()
        .WithContext()
        .WithId("https://linked.art/example/object/nightwatch/12")
        .WithLabel("Night Watch by Rembrandt")
        .WithClassifiedAs(Aat.Painting, Aat.TypeOfWork)
        .WithMadeOf("oil", "300015050")
        .WithMadeOf("canvas", "300014078");

    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.

JSON from the C#

{
  "@context": "https://linked.art/ns/v1/linked-art.json",
  "id": "https://linked.art/example/object/nightwatch/12",
  "type": "HumanMadeObject",
  "_label": "Night Watch by Rembrandt",
  "made_of": [
    {
      "id": "http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300015050",
      "type": "Material",
      "_label": "oil"
    },
    {
      "id": "http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300014078",
      "type": "Material",
      "_label": "canvas"
    }
  ],
  "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"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

JSON on linked.art

{
  "@context": "https://linked.art/ns/v1/linked-art.json",
  "id": "https://linked.art/example/object/nightwatch/12",
  "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"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "made_of": [
    {
      "id": "http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300015050",
      "type": "Material",
      "_label": "oil"
    },
    {
      "id": "http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300014078",
      "type": "Material",
      "_label": "canvas"
    }
  ]
}

Comparison

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

Properties used

classified_as made_of

Vocabulary terms

canvas oil Painting Type of Work