Authority Object
Click the links below to view the Authority Object properties and an example.
Authority Object Properties
id
integer
(Always returned in the response.)
The unique authority record ID.
Example:
"id": 1000049
updatedDate
string (optional)
The datetime of the last update to the record, in ISO 8601 format. (YYYY-MM-DD'T'hh:mm:ssZZ) The system updates this field any time the record is edited or involved in a transaction.
Example:
"updatedDate": "2007-12-14T21:03:00Z"
createdDate
string (optional)
The datetime the record was created, in ISO 8601 format. (YYYY-MM-DD'T'hh:mm:ssZZ)
Example:
"createdDate": "2004-04-22T17:34:00Z"
deletedDate
string (optional)
(Appears only if the record has been deleted.)
The date the record was deleted, in ISO 8601 format (YYYY-MM-DD)
Example:
"deletedDate": "2009-12-11"
deleted
boolean
Specifies whether the record has been deleted.
Deleted Records
Deleted records return only their id, deletedDate, and deleted properties.
Example:
"deleted": true
suppressed
boolean (optional)
(Returned only if requested.)
Indicates whether the record is suppressed from public display.
Example:
"suppressed": false
varFields
array
(Returned only if requested.)
The varFields property contains a list of VarField objects, which contain variable-length data fields from the authority record.
Example:
See varFields Array.
marc
object
(Returned only if requested.)
The marc property contains the MARC data fields from the authority record.
Example:
"marc": "{\n leader:\"00000cz 2200000n 4500\",\n controlfield:\n [\n { tag : \"001\", data : \"sh 85026379 \" },\n { tag : \"003\", data : \"DLC\" },\n { tag : \"005\", data : \"20100218095759.0\" },\n { tag : \"008\", data : \"010124i| anannbabn |a ana cz n \" }\n ]\n datafield :\n [\n {\n tag : \"150\", ind : \" \",\n subfield :\n [\n { code : \"a\", data : \"Human rights\" }\n ]\n },\n {\n tag : \"450\", ind : \" \",\n subfield :\n [\n { code : \"a\", data : \"Basic rights\" }\n ]\n },\n {\n tag : \"450\", ind : \" \",\n subfield :\n [\n { code : \"w\", data : \"nne\" },\n { code : \"a\", data : \"Civil rights (International law)\" }\n ]\n },\n {\n tag : \"450\", ind : \" \",\n subfield :\n [\n { code : \"a\", data : \"Human rights\" },\n { code : \"x\", data : \"Law and legislation\" }\n ]\n },\n {\n tag : \"450\", ind : \" \",\n subfield :\n [\n { code : \"a\", data : \"Rights, Human\" }\n ]\n },\n {\n tag : \"450\", ind : \" \",\n subfield :\n [\n { code : \"a\", data : \"Rights of man\" }\n ]\n },\n {\n tag : \"550\", ind : \" \",\n subfield :\n [\n { code : \"a\", data : \"Human security\" }\n ]\n },\n {\n tag : \"550\", ind : \" \",\n subfield :\n [\n { code : \"a\", data : \"Transitional justice\" }\n ]\n },\n {\n tag : \"550\", ind : \" \",\n subfield :\n [\n { code : \"a\", data : \"Truth commissions\" }\n ]\n },\n {\n tag : \"670\", ind : \" \",\n subfield :\n [\n { code : \"a\", data : \"European Commission of Human Rights. Digest of case-law relating to the European Convention of Human Rights (1955-1967).\" }\n ]\n },\n {\n tag : \"670\", ind : \" \",\n subfield :\n [\n { code : \"a\", data : \"European convention on human rights : collected texts.\" }\n ]\n },\n {\n tag : \"670\", ind : \" \",\n subfield :\n [\n { code : \"a\", data : \"Intl. encyc. soc. sci.\" }\n ]\n },\n {\n tag : \"670\", ind : \" \",\n subfield :\n [\n { code : \"a\", data : \"Ox. comp. law.\" }\n ]\n },\n {\n tag : \"670\", ind : \" \",\n subfield :\n [\n { code : \"a\", data : \"Roberts. Dictionary of political analysis.\" }\n ]\n },\n {\n tag : \"670\", ind : \" \",\n subfield :\n [\n { code : \"a\", data : \"UNBIS.\" }\n ]\n },\n {\n tag : \"670\", ind : \" \",\n subfield :\n [\n { code : \"a\", data : \"United Nations. General Assembly. Universal Declaration of Human Rights.\" }\n ]\n },\n {\n tag : \"675\", ind : \" \",\n subfield :\n [\n { code : \"a\", data : \"Web. 3\" }\n ]\n },\n {\n tag : \"680\", ind : \" \",\n subfield :\n [\n { code : \"i\", data : \"Here are entered works on the rights of persons regardless of their legal, socioeconomic or cultural status and as recognized by the international community. Works on citizens' rights as established by law and protected by constitution are entered underCivil rights.\" }\n ]\n },\n {\n tag : \"680\", ind : \" \",\n subfield :\n [\n { code : \"i\", data : \"Some works on human rights cataloged before 1987 may be found under\" },\n { code : \"a\", data : \"Civil rights.\" }\n ]\n },\n {\n tag : \"681\", ind : \" \",\n subfield :\n [\n { code : \"i\", data : \"Note under\" },\n { code : \"a\", data : \"Civil rights\" }\n ]\n },\n {\n tag : \"010\", ind : \" \",\n subfield :\n [\n { code : \"a\", data : \"sh 85026379\" }\n ]\n },\n {\n tag : \"040\", ind : \" \",\n subfield :\n [\n { code : \"a\", data : \"DLC\" },\n { code : \"c\", data : \"DLC\" },\n { code : \"d\", data : \"DLC\" },\n { code : \"d\", data : \"MoSU-L\" },\n { code : \"d\", data : \"NNU-L\" },\n { code : \"d\", data : \"DLC\" }\n ]\n },\n {\n tag : \"053\", ind : \" 0\",\n subfield :\n [\n { code : \"a\", data : \"JC571\" },\n { code : \"b\", data : \"JC628\" },\n { code : \"c\", data : \"Political science\" }\n ]\n },\n {\n tag : \"053\", ind : \" 0\",\n subfield :\n [\n { code : \"a\", data : \"K3236\" },\n { code : \"b\", data : \"K3268.5\" },\n { code : \"c\", data : \"Law\" }\n ]\n }\n ]\n}\n"
}
The preceding list order reflects the sequence in which the data returns.
Default Response Contents
Default query responses do not include the varFields array for authority records. You must specify this property using filter parameters. For example:
https://example-library.edu/iii/sierra-api/v6/authorities/1000044?fields=varFields
Returns the id property and varFields array for a single authority record.
When you use the fields parameter, the API returns only the ID and specified properties. You can specify the value "default" to retrieve all default properties in addition to any explicitly specified properties, such as varFields. For example:
https://example-library.edu/iii/sierra-api/v6/items/1000044?fields=default,varFields
Returns the default properties plus the varFields array for a single authority record.
Authority Object Example
Example response for:
https://example-library.edu:443/iii/sierra-api/v6/authorities/1763972?fields=default,varFields{
"id": 1763972,
"updatedDate": "2010-04-16T16:56:38Z",
"createdDate": "2003-06-07T00:13:22Z",
"deleted": false,
"suppressed": false,
"varFields": [
{
"fieldTag": "d",
"marcTag": "150",
"ind1": " ",
"ind2": " ",
"subfields": [
{
"tag": "a",
"content": "Human rights"
}
]
},
{
"fieldTag": "e",
"marcTag": "450",
"ind1": " ",
"ind2": " ",
"subfields": [
{
"tag": "a",
"content": "Basic rights"
}
]
},
{
"fieldTag": "e",
"marcTag": "450",
"ind1": " ",
"ind2": " ",
"subfields": [
{
"tag": "w",
"content": "nne"
},
{
"tag": "a",
"content": "Civil rights (International law)"
}
]
},
{
"fieldTag": "e",
"marcTag": "450",
"ind1": " ",
"ind2": " ",
"subfields": [
{
"tag": "a",
"content": "Human rights"
},
{
"tag": "x",
"content": "Law and legislation"
}
]
},
{
"fieldTag": "e",
"marcTag": "450",
"ind1": " ",
"ind2": " ",
"subfields": [
{
"tag": "a",
"content": "Rights, Human"
}
]
},
{
"fieldTag": "e",
"marcTag": "450",
"ind1": " ",
"ind2": " ",
"subfields": [
{
"tag": "a",
"content": "Rights of man"
}
]
},
{
"fieldTag": "f",
"marcTag": "550",
"ind1": " ",
"ind2": " ",
"subfields": [
{
"tag": "a",
"content": "Human security"
}
]
},
{
"fieldTag": "f",
"marcTag": "550",
"ind1": " ",
"ind2": " ",
"subfields": [
{
"tag": "a",
"content": "Transitional justice"
}
]
},
{
"fieldTag": "f",
"marcTag": "550",
"ind1": " ",
"ind2": " ",
"subfields": [
{
"tag": "a",
"content": "Truth commissions"
}
]
},
{
"fieldTag": "n",
"marcTag": "670",
"ind1": " ",
"ind2": " ",
"subfields": [
{
"tag": "a",
"content": "European Commission of Human Rights. Digest of case-law
relating to the European Convention of Human Rights (1955-1967)."
}
]
},
{
"fieldTag": "n",
"marcTag": "670",
"ind1": " ",
"ind2": " ",
"subfields": [
{
"tag": "a",
"content": "European convention on human rights : collected texts."
}
]
},
{
"fieldTag": "n",
"marcTag": "670",
"ind1": " ",
"ind2": " ",
"subfields": [
{
"tag": "a",
"content": "Intl. encyc. soc. sci."
}
]
},
{
"fieldTag": "n",
"marcTag": "670",
"ind1": " ",
"ind2": " ",
"subfields": [
{
"tag": "a",
"content": "Ox. comp. law."
}
]
},
{
"fieldTag": "n",
"marcTag": "670",
"ind1": " ",
"ind2": " ",
"subfields": [
{
"tag": "a",
"content": "Roberts. Dictionary of political analysis."
}
]
},
{
"fieldTag": "n",
"marcTag": "670",
"ind1": " ",
"ind2": " ",
"subfields": [
{
"tag": "a",
"content": "UNBIS."
}
]
},
{
"fieldTag": "n",
"marcTag": "670",
"ind1": " ",
"ind2": " ",
"subfields": [
{
"tag": "a",
"content": "United Nations. General Assembly. Universal Declaration of
Human Rights."
}
]
},
{
"fieldTag": "n",
"marcTag": "675",
"ind1": " ",
"ind2": " ",
"subfields": [
{
"tag": "a",
"content": "Web. 3"
}
]
},
{
"fieldTag": "n",
"marcTag": "680",
"ind1": " ",
"ind2": " ",
"subfields": [
{
"tag": "i",
"content": "Here are entered works on the rights of persons regardless
of their legal, socioeconomic or cultural status and as recognized by
the international community. Works on citizens' rights as established
by law and protected by constitution are entered underCivil rights."
}
]
},
{
"fieldTag": "n",
"marcTag": "680",
"ind1": " ",
"ind2": " ",
"subfields": [
{
"tag": "i",
"content": "Some works on human rights cataloged before 1987 may be
found under"
},
{
"tag": "a",
"content": "Civil rights."
}
]
},
{
"fieldTag": "n",
"marcTag": "681",
"ind1": " ",
"ind2": " ",
"subfields": [
{
"tag": "i",
"content": "Note under"
},
{
"tag": "a",
"content": "Civil rights"
}
]
},
{
"fieldTag": "o",
"marcTag": "010",
"ind1": " ",
"ind2": " ",
"subfields": [
{
"tag": "a",
"content": "sh 85026379"
}
]
},
{
"fieldTag": "y",
"marcTag": "001",
"ind1": " ",
"ind2": " ",
"content": "sh 85026379 "
},
{
"fieldTag": "y",
"marcTag": "003",
"ind1": " ",
"ind2": " ",
"content": "DLC"
},
{
"fieldTag": "y",
"marcTag": "005",
"ind1": " ",
"ind2": " ",
"content": "20100218095759.0"
},
{
"fieldTag": "y",
"marcTag": "008",
"ind1": " ",
"ind2": " ",
"content": "010124i| anannbabn |a ana cz n "
},
{
"fieldTag": "y",
"marcTag": "040",
"ind1": " ",
"ind2": " ",
"subfields": [
{
"tag": "a",
"content": "DLC"
},
{
"tag": "c",
"content": "DLC"
},
{
"tag": "d",
"content": "DLC"
},
{
"tag": "d",
"content": "MoSU-L"
},
{
"tag": "d",
"content": "NNU-L"
},
{
"tag": "d",
"content": "DLC"
}
]
},
{
"fieldTag": "y",
"marcTag": "053",
"ind1": " ",
"ind2": "0",
"subfields": [
{
"tag": "a",
"content": "JC571"
},
{
"tag": "b",
"content": "JC628"
},
{
"tag": "c",
"content": "Political science"
}
]
},
{
"fieldTag": "y",
"marcTag": "053",
"ind1": " ",
"ind2": "0",
"subfields": [
{
"tag": "a",
"content": "K3236"
},
{
"tag": "b",
"content": "K3268.5"
},
{
"tag": "c",
"content": "Law"
}
]
},
{
"fieldTag": "_",
"content": "00000cz 2200000n 4500"
}
],
"marc": "{\n leader:\"00000cz 2200000n 4500\",\n controlfield:\n [\n { tag : \"001\", data : \"sh 85026379 \" },\n { tag : \"003\", data : \"DLC\" },\n { tag : \"005\", data : \"20100218095759.0\" },\n { tag : \"008\", data : \"010124i| anannbabn |a ana cz n \" }\n ]\n datafield :\n [\n {\n tag : \"150\", ind : \" \",\n subfield :\n [\n { code : \"a\", data : \"Human rights\" }\n ]\n },\n {\n tag : \"450\", ind : \" \",\n subfield :\n [\n { code : \"a\", data : \"Basic rights\" }\n ]\n },\n {\n tag : \"450\", ind : \" \",\n subfield :\n [\n { code : \"w\", data : \"nne\" },\n { code : \"a\", data : \"Civil rights (International law)\" }\n ]\n },\n {\n tag : \"450\", ind : \" \",\n subfield :\n [\n { code : \"a\", data : \"Human rights\" },\n { code : \"x\", data : \"Law and legislation\" }\n ]\n },\n {\n tag : \"450\", ind : \" \",\n subfield :\n [\n { code : \"a\", data : \"Rights, Human\" }\n ]\n },\n {\n tag : \"450\", ind : \" \",\n subfield :\n [\n { code : \"a\", data : \"Rights of man\" }\n ]\n },\n {\n tag : \"550\", ind : \" \",\n subfield :\n [\n { code : \"a\", data : \"Human security\" }\n ]\n },\n {\n tag : \"550\", ind : \" \",\n subfield :\n [\n { code : \"a\", data : \"Transitional justice\" }\n ]\n },\n {\n tag : \"550\", ind : \" \",\n subfield :\n [\n { code : \"a\", data : \"Truth commissions\" }\n ]\n },\n {\n tag : \"670\", ind : \" \",\n subfield :\n [\n { code : \"a\", data : \"European Commission of Human Rights. Digest of case-law relating to the European Convention of Human Rights (1955-1967).\" }\n ]\n },\n {\n tag : \"670\", ind : \" \",\n subfield :\n [\n { code : \"a\", data : \"European convention on human rights : collected texts.\" }\n ]\n },\n {\n tag : \"670\", ind : \" \",\n subfield :\n [\n { code : \"a\", data : \"Intl. encyc. soc. sci.\" }\n ]\n },\n {\n tag : \"670\", ind : \" \",\n subfield :\n [\n { code : \"a\", data : \"Ox. comp. law.\" }\n ]\n },\n {\n tag : \"670\", ind : \" \",\n subfield :\n [\n { code : \"a\", data : \"Roberts. Dictionary of political analysis.\" }\n ]\n },\n {\n tag : \"670\", ind : \" \",\n subfield :\n [\n { code : \"a\", data : \"UNBIS.\" }\n ]\n },\n {\n tag : \"670\", ind : \" \",\n subfield :\n [\n { code : \"a\", data : \"United Nations. General Assembly. Universal Declaration of Human Rights.\" }\n ]\n },\n {\n tag : \"675\", ind : \" \",\n subfield :\n [\n { code : \"a\", data : \"Web. 3\" }\n ]\n },\n {\n tag : \"680\", ind : \" \",\n subfield :\n [\n { code : \"i\", data : \"Here are entered works on the rights of persons regardless of their legal, socioeconomic or cultural status and as recognized by the international community. Works on citizens' rights as established by law and protected by constitution are entered underCivil rights.\" }\n ]\n },\n {\n tag : \"680\", ind : \" \",\n subfield :\n [\n { code : \"i\", data : \"Some works on human rights cataloged before 1987 may be found under\" },\n { code : \"a\", data : \"Civil rights.\" }\n ]\n },\n {\n tag : \"681\", ind : \" \",\n subfield :\n [\n { code : \"i\", data : \"Note under\" },\n { code : \"a\", data : \"Civil rights\" }\n ]\n },\n {\n tag : \"010\", ind : \" \",\n subfield :\n [\n { code : \"a\", data : \"sh 85026379\" }\n ]\n },\n {\n tag : \"040\", ind : \" \",\n subfield :\n [\n { code : \"a\", data : \"DLC\" },\n { code : \"c\", data : \"DLC\" },\n { code : \"d\", data : \"DLC\" },\n { code : \"d\", data : \"MoSU-L\" },\n { code : \"d\", data : \"NNU-L\" },\n { code : \"d\", data : \"DLC\" }\n ]\n },\n {\n tag : \"053\", ind : \" 0\",\n subfield :\n [\n { code : \"a\", data : \"JC571\" },\n { code : \"b\", data : \"JC628\" },\n { code : \"c\", data : \"Political science\" }\n ]\n },\n {\n tag : \"053\", ind : \" 0\",\n subfield :\n [\n { code : \"a\", data : \"K3236\" },\n { code : \"b\", data : \"K3268.5\" },\n { code : \"c\", data : \"Law\" }\n ]\n }\n ]\n}\n"
}