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Hub

The record gathering everything said about a single work.

An abstract resource that functions as a bridge between two Works

BIBFRAME's definition of bf:Hub. The primer has a section on it.

Example

{
  "@id": "https://bibframe.example/hubs/62a26d82",
  "@type": [
    "Work",
    "Hub"
  ],
  "title": [
    {
      "@type": [
        "Title"
      ],
      "mainTitle": [
        "Chŏngch'aek yŏn'gu sirijŭ"
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Trimmed from a real record rather than written for the occasion, and checked against this definition by tests/test_examples.py. A wrong example is worse than none, because it is the first thing anyone copies.

Properties

PropertyTakesWhat BIBFRAME says it is
rdfs:labelTextdefined by RDF Schema
titleTitleName given to a resource. (Title resource)
noteRefGeneral textual information relating to a resource, such as Information about a specific copy of a resource or information about a particular attribute of a resource.
subjectRefSubject term(s) describing a resource.
identifiedByIdentifierCharacter string associated with a resource that serves to differentiate that resource from other resources, i.e., that uniquely identifies an entity. (Identifier)
adminMetadataAdminMetadataMetadata about the metadata, especially provenance information. (Administrative metadata)
contributionContributionAgent and its role in relation to the resource (Contributor and role)
classificationClassificationClassification number in any scheme.
languageRefLanguage associated with a resource or its parts. (Language information)
genreFormRefForm category or genre to which a resource belongs
provisionActivityProvisionActivityPlace, name, and/or date information relating to the publication, printing, distribution, issue, release, production, etc. of a resource.
relationRelationAssociated resource and its relationship to the resource being described
seriesStatementTextStatement of the series the resource is in; usually transcribed; includes the ISSN if applicable.
electronicLocatorRefElectronic location from which the resource is available. (Electronic location)
bflc:aapTextdefined by the BIBFRAME LC extension
expressionOfRefWork or Hub that the described Work or Hub is an expression of; used to connect Works and/or Hubs under LRM/RDA guidelines or similar implementations
hasExpressionRefWork or Hub that is an expression of a described Work or Hub; used to relate Works and/or Hubs under LRM/RDA guidelines or similar implementations (Expressed as)

Every property here holds an array, and a property this definition does not name is still checked: it must be an array too. Naming a property buys a check on what its values look like, and nothing else.

The schema

https://bibframe-json.org/schema/linked/Hub.json is this definition on its own, and https://bibframe-json.org/schema/linked.json is the whole shape with every definition inlined. They are checked against each other over the conformance corpus, so either is safe to depend on.