JSON data structure

The structure of the JSON file is the following:

{
  "@context": { ... },
  // the outermost object represents the TLS dictionary itself
  "id": "http://data.performing-arts.ch/r/1f51e2c0-67f9-4be9-818f-ee89f64a4ca8",
  "type": "rico:RecordSet",
  "rico:name": [
    {
     "@language": "fr",
     "@value": "Dictionnaire du théâtre en Suisse"
    }
  ],
  "includes": [
      // alphabetical series included in the TLS
      {
        "id": "http://data.performing-arts.ch/r/0261c941-7a15-4c6e-9921-7eba283546e1",
        "type": "rico:RecordSet",
        "rico:name": "Q"
        "includes": [
          // records inside the serie
          {
            "type": "rico:Record",
            "rico:hasInstantiation": {
              "id": "https://media.performing-arts.ch/document/TLS2005-2854-miguel-quebatte.pdf",
              "type": "rico:Instantiation",
              // here the text of the entry
              "rdf:value": "* 24.10.1952 Saignelégier BE, actuellement JU. ..."
            },
            "rico:hasOrHadSubject": {
              "id": "http://data.performing-arts.ch/a/d735b720-a1bf-473e-a8e4-2367d5dd03f5",
              "type": ["crm:E21_Person","rico:Person"],
              // here the links to equivalent Wikidata and other records
              "http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#sameAs": [
                {
                  "id": "https://tls.theaterwissenschaft.ch/wiki/Miguel_Quebatte"
                },
                {
                  "id": "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q135229846"
                }
              ],
            }
          },
          { ... other records in serie Q ... }
        ]
      },
      { ... other alphabetical series ... }
  ]

The JSON file is actually a JSON-LD file, thus compatible with RDF graph databases.

  • The outermost object represents the TLS dictionary itself.
  • The TLS object contains alphabetical series, each corresponding to a letter ("Q" in the example above).
  • Each letter serie contains records.
  • Each record corresponds to an entry in the dictionary, a person or an organization.
  • Amongst all the information of the record, you will find:
    • The text of the entry inside rico:hasInstantiation/rdf:value
    • The linked data identifiers, including Wikidata identifier, in rico:hasOrHadSubject/http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#sameAs.