Linked Art in C#

object/nightwatch/15 matches the site

The Night Watch is on loan to the Rijksmuseum from the City of Amsterdam.

On linked.art: Objects: Rights Information › Credit / Attribution Statement · site JSON · type HumanMadeObject · Rights.Nightwatch_Credit_Statement

C#

public static HumanMadeObject Nightwatch_Credit_Statement()
{
    var nightWatch = new HumanMadeObject()
        .WithContext()
        .WithId("https://linked.art/example/object/nightwatch/15")
        .WithLabel("Night Watch by Rembrandt");


    nightWatch.ReferredToBy = [
        new LinguisticObject()
            .WithClassifiedAs(Aat.CreditLine, Aat.Statement)
            .WithContent("On loan from the City of Amsterdam")
    ];

    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/15",
  "type": "HumanMadeObject",
  "_label": "Night Watch by Rembrandt",
  "referred_to_by": [
    {
      "type": "LinguisticObject",
      "content": "On loan from the City of Amsterdam",
      "classified_as": [
        {
          "id": "http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300026687",
          "type": "Type",
          "_label": "Credit 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/object/nightwatch/15",
  "type": "HumanMadeObject",
  "_label": "Night Watch by Rembrandt",
  "referred_to_by": [
    {
      "type": "LinguisticObject",
      "classified_as": [
        {
          "id": "http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300026687",
          "type": "Type",
          "_label": "Credit Statement",
          "classified_as": [
            {
              "id": "http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300418049",
              "type": "Type",
              "_label": "Brief Text"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "content": "On loan from the City of Amsterdam"
    }
  ]
}

Comparison

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

Properties used

classified_as content referred_to_by

Vocabulary terms

Credit Statement Brief Text