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Data Schema

ICJIA Research Hub has the following four content types:

• Apps
• Articles
• Datasets

Each of these content types have common fields as well as content-specific fields.

NOTE

The "strapi type" in the fields tables below refers to "attribute types" offered by Strapi. See the full list of here. Also see here for more on the "relations" type and here for more on uploaded files ("files" type in tables below).

Apps

Apps fields

field	strapi type	definition	values
status	string	Status in the publication process	"created," "submitted," or "published"
title	string	Title of the item	e.g. "This is an app"
slug	string	Slug for the item URL	e.g. "this-is-an-app"
date	date	Date created or updated	e.g. "2019-01-01"
external	boolean	Is an external contribution?	true or false
categories	json	Relevant categories	"corrections," "courts," "crimes," "law enforcement," "victimization" or "other"
tags	json	Relevant tags
contributors	json	Contributors' title and URL	e.g. [ { "title": "Jane Doe", "url": "https://janedoe.com" } ]
image	string	Image in Base64
description	string	A short description of the item
url	string	URL for the item
funding	string	Funding acknowledgement
citation	string	Suggested citation
articles	relations	Related Article items if any
datasets	relations	Related Dataset items if any

Apps in JSON

{
  "status": "",
  "title": "",
  "slug": "",
  "date": "",
  "external": false,
  "categories": [""],
  "tags": [""],
  "image": "",
  "contributors": [
    {
      "title": "",
      "url": ""
    }
  ],
  "description": "",
  "url": "",
  "funding": "",
  "citation": "",
  "articles": [
    {
      "...": "..."
    }
  ],
  "datasets": [
    {
      "...": "..."
    }
  ]
}

Articles

Articles fields

field	strapi type	definition	values
status	string	Status in the publication process	"created," "submitted," or "published"
title	string	Title of Article item	e.g. "This is an article"
slug	string	Slug for Article item URL	e.g. "this-is-an-article"
date	date	Date created or updated	e.g. "2019-01-01"
external	boolean	Is an external contribution?	true or false
categories	json	Relevant categories	"corrections," "courts," "crimes," "law enforcement," "victimization" or "other"
tags	json	Relevant tags
authors	json	Authors' title and description	e.g. [ { "title": "Jane Doe", "description": "Jane Doe is a Research Analyst at ICJIA" } ]
splash	string	Splash image in Base64
thumbnail	string	thumbnail image in Base64
images	json	Article figures in Base64
abstract	string	Article abstract
markdown	text	Article body in markdown
funding	string	Funding acknowledgement
citation	string	Suggested citation
doi	string	Article digital object identifier
mainfiletype	string	Type of the main attachment	"full report", "pdf version"
mainfile	uploads	Main attachment file	e.g. a PDF version of an article
extrafile	uploads	Extra attachment files	e.g. a zipfile of appendix materials
apps	relations	Related App items if any
datasets	relations	Related Dataset items if any

Articles in JSON

{
  "status": "",
  "title": "",
  "slug": "",
  "date": "",
  "external": false,
  "categories": [""],
  "tags": [""],
  "authors": [
    {
      "title": "",
      "description": ""
    }
  ],
  "splash": "",
  "thumbnail": "",
  "images": [
    {
      "title": "",
      "src": ""
    }
  ],
  "abstract": "",
  "markdown": "",
  "funding": "",
  "citation": "",
  "doi": "",
  "mainfiletype": "",
  "mainfile": {
    "...": "..."
  },
  "extrafile": {
    "...": "..."
  },
  "apps": [
    {
      "...": "..."
    }
  ],
  "datasets": [
    {
      "...": "..."
    }
  ]
}

Datasets

Datasets fields

field	strapi type	definition	values
status	string	Status in the publication process	"created," "submitted" or "published"
title	string	Title of Dataset item	e.g. "This is a dataset"
slug	string	Slug for Dataset item URL	e.g. "this-is-a-dataset"
date	date	Date created or updated	e.g. "2019-01-01"
external	boolean	Is an external contribution?	true or false
categories	json	Relevant categories	"corrections," "courts," "crimes," "law enforcement," "victimization" or "other"
tags	json	Relevant tags	-
project	boolean	Is project specific?	true or false
sources	json	Dataset sources' title and URL	-
unit	string	Unit of observation	"state," "county," "individual," or "other"
timeperiod	json	Time period	e.g. { "yeartype": "calendar", "yearmin": "2009", "yearmax": "2019" }
description	string	Short description of Dataset item	-
notes	json	Caveats, warnings, etc.	-
variables	json	Variables information	-
funding	string	Funding acknowledgement
citation	string	Suggested citation
datafile	uploads	Data file (zipped if needed)	-
apps	relations	Related App items if any	-
authors	relations	Related Dataset items if any	-

Datasets in JSON

{
  "status": "",
  "title": "",
  "slug": "",
  "date": "",
  "external": false,
  "categories": [""],
  "tags": [""],
  "project": false,
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "",
      "url": ""
    }
  ],
  "unit": "",
  "timeperiod": {
    "yeartype": "",
    "yearmin": "",
    "yearmax": ""
  },
  "description": "",
  "notes": [""],
  "variables": [
    {
      "title": "",
      "type": "",
      "definition": "",
      "values": ""
    }
  ],
  "funding": "",
  "citation": "",
  "datafile": {
    "...": "..."
  },
  "apps": [
    {
      "...": "..."
    }
  ],
  "articles": [
    {
      "...": "..."
    }
  ]
}

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