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Creates a new ConceptAuthority record. Assigns a unique, service-specified CollectionSpace ID (CSID) /wiki/spaces/collectionspace/pages/666274321 to that ConceptAuthority record. Follows standard Create model. See the documentation of the ConceptAuthority schema, below. Example:

POST /cspace-services/conceptauthorities HTTP/1.1

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Read a ConceptAuthority

Reads an existing ConceptAuthority record, specified by its CollectionSpace ID (CSID) /wiki/spaces/collectionspace/pages/666274321. Follows standard Read model. See the documentation of the ConceptAuthority schema, below. Example:

GET /cspace-services/conceptauthorities/{id} HTTP/1.1

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Update a ConceptAuthority

Updates an existing ConceptAuthority record, specified by its CollectionSpace ID (CSID) /wiki/spaces/collectionspace/pages/666274321. Follows standard Update model. See the documentation of the ConceptAuthority schema, below. Example:

PUT /cspace-services/conceptauthorities/{id} HTTP/1.1

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Delete a ConceptAuthority

Deletes an existing ConceptAuthority record, specified by its CollectionSpace ID (CSID) /wiki/spaces/collectionspace/pages/666274321. Follows standard Delete model. Example:

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DELETE /cspace-services/conceptauthorities/{id} HTTP/1.1

List ConceptAuthority instances

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pgSz for page size
pgNum for page size

Examples:

GET /cspace-services/conceptauthorities/ HTTP/1.1 GET /cspace-services/conceptauthorities/?pgSz=10 HTTP/1.1

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ConceptAuthority REST payload schemas

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Create and Update should use the following schema. The value of vocabType must be "ConceptAuthority".

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?>
<document name="conceptauthorities">
  <ns2:conceptauthorities_common xmlns:ns2="http://services.collectionspace.org/concept">
    <displayName>Materials Authority</displayName>
    <vocabType>ConceptAuthority</vocabType>
    ...
  </ns2:conceptauthorities_common>
</document>

Read will return the above, plus additional fields (uri and csid) for access:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <document name="conceptauthorities"> <ns2:collectionspace_core xmlns:ns2="http://collectionspace.org/collectionspace_core/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"> ... <uri>/conceptauthorities/afbb91ca-3988-4524-bada</uri> ... </ns2:collectionspace_core> <ns2:conceptauthorities_common xmlns:ns2="http://collectionspace.org/services/concept" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"> ... <csid>afbb91ca-3988-4524-bada</csid> ... </ns2:conceptauthorities_common> </document>

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ConceptAuthority-List schema

List (and variants) will return the following schema:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?> <ns2:abstract-common-list xmlns:ns2="http://collectionspace.org/services/jaxb"> <pageNum>0</pageNum> <pageSize>40</pageSize> <itemsInPage>3</itemsInPage> <totalItems>3</totalItems> <fieldsReturned>csid|uri|updatedAt|displayName|refName|shortIdentifier|vocabType</fieldsReturned> <list-item> <csid>afbb91ca-3988-4524-bada</csid> <uri>/conceptauthorities/afbb91ca-3988-4524-bada</uri> <updatedAt>2012-03-29T00:51:04Z</updatedAt> <displayName>Materials Authority</displayName> <refName>urn:cspace:core.collectionspace.org:conceptauthorities:name(materials)'Materials Authority'</refName> <shortIdentifier>materials</shortIdentifier> <vocabType>ConceptAuthority</vocabType> </list-item> ... </ns2:abstract-common-list>

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Concept CRUD+L services

Concept instances are only accessible via the owning ConceptAuthority. The sub-resource is accessed with "items" (for consistency across all vocabulary-like services). In the examples below, the {concept-auth-id} parameter represents the CSID value of an existing ConceptAuthority instance.

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Creates a new Concept record. Assigns a unique, service-specified CollectionSpace ID (CSID) /wiki/spaces/collectionspace/pages/666274321 to that Concept record. Follows standard Create model. Must See the documentation of the Concept schema, below. Example:

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POST /cspace-services/conceptauthorities/{concept-auth-id}/items HTTP/1.1

You may also POST a part called

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<ns3:relations-common-list>

and any new relations there will be created. For example, this POST will add a relationship. Note that you must know beforehand the CSIDs of related terms. These are the CSIDs of two other Concept records, which must exist before this call. The special variable ${itemCSID} will be expanded to the CSID of the newly created Concept. (For Java use, please use the constant in CommonAPI.AuthorityItemCSID_REPLACE )

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<document name="concepts">
  <ns2:concepts_common xmlns:ns2="http://collectionspace.org/services/concept" xmlns:ns3="http://collectionspace.org/services/jaxb">
    <inAuthority>6ca3db57-7c96-47b6-b17d</inAuthority>
    <shortIdentifier>copper</shortIdentifier>
    <refName>urn:cspace:core.collectionspace.org:conceptauthorities:name(materials):item:name(copper)'Copper'</refName>
    <displayName>Copper</displayName>
    ...
  </ns2:concepts_common>

  <ns3:relations-common-list xmlns:ns3="http://collectionspace.org/services/relation" xmlns:ns2="http://collectionspace.org/services/jaxb">
    <relation-list-item>
      <predicate>hasBroader</predicate>
      <subject>
        <csid>${itemCSID}</csid>
        <documentType>Conceptitem</documentType>
      </subject>
      <object>
        <csid>a6d62e30-2bd6-439b-b19f</csid>
        <uri>/cspace-services/conceptauthorities/urn:cspace:name(concept)/items/a6d62e30-2bd6-439b-b19f</uri>
        <documentType>Conceptitem</documentType>
      </object>
    </relation-list-item>
    <relation-list-item>
      <predicate>hasBroader</predicate>
      <subject>
        <csid>0f33de2c-3dd5-4e5b-b6b6</csid>
        <uri>/cspace-services/conceptauthorities/urn:cspace:name(concept)/items/0f33de2c-3dd5-4e5b-b6b6</uri>
        <documentType>Conceptitem</documentType>
      </subject>
      <object>
        <csid>${itemCSID}</csid>
        <documentType>Conceptitem</documentType>
      </object>
    </relation-list-item>
    <relation-list-item>
      <predicate>hasBroader</predicate>
      <subject>
        <uri>/cspace-services/conceptauthorities/urn:cspace:name(concept)/items/b439ca2f-448c-4251-a2d9</uri>
        <csid>b439ca2f-448c-4251-a2d9</csid>
        <documentType>Conceptitem</documentType>
      </subject>
      <object>
        <csid>${itemCSID}</csid>
        <documentType>Conceptitem</documentType>
      </object>
    </relation-list-item>
    <relation-list-item>
      <predicate>hasBroader</predicate>
      <subject>
        <uri>/cspace-services/conceptauthorities/urn:cspace:name(concept)/items/8c7853a1-f1d3-4ae5-8511</uri>
        <csid>8c7853a1-f1d3-4ae5-8511</csid>
        <documentType>Conceptitem</documentType>
      </subject>
      <object>
        <csid>${itemCSID}</csid>
        <documentType>Conceptitem</documentType>
      </object>
    </relation-list-item>
  </ns3:relations-common-list>
</document>

NOTE: if you wish to delete related items,
simply send relations-common-list as an empty element.
This is shown in a comment here:
http://wiki.collectionspace.org/display/collectionspace/Person+Service+REST+APIs?focusedCommentId=72220749&#comment-72220749

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Reads an existing Concept record, specified by its CollectionSpace ID (CSID) /wiki/spaces/collectionspace/pages/666274321. Follows standard Read model. See the documentation of the Concept schema, below. Example:

GET /cspace-services/conceptauthorities/{concept-auth-id}/items/{id} HTTP/1.1

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There are additional query parameters to get the relations for this item.
Query Parameters are defined and explained here, with examples: Authority REST API for Hierarchies\

Update a Concept in a ConceptAuthority

Updates an existing Concept record, specified by its CollectionSpace ID (CSID) /wiki/spaces/collectionspace/pages/666274321. Follows standard Update model. See the documentation of the Concept schema, below. Example:

PUT /cspace-services/conceptauthorities/{concept-auth-id}/items/{id} HTTP/1.1

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You may also PUT a part called

<ns3:relations-common-list>

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and any new relations there will be created. Relations to the updated item which are missing from the relations list in the PUT will be deleted from persistence. No target records are deleted, just the relations records that point to target records. e.g. POST to authority with Concept "Drawing", with relations-common-list that has an entry for ${itemCSID} hasBroader "Art" creates a relations record that references both Art and Drawing. When a PUT is made that does not have the relation for Art, then Drawing has no relations, so the relations record for Drawing==>hasBroader==>Art is deleted, but both "Drawing" and "Art" Concept records remain.

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Deletes an existing Concept record, specified by its CollectionSpace ID (CSID) /wiki/spaces/collectionspace/pages/666274321. Follows standard Delete model. Example:

DELETE /cspace-services/conceptauthorities/{concept-auth-id}/items/{id} HTTP/1.1

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List Concept instances in a ConceptAuthority

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pgSz for page size
pgNum for page size
pt for partial-term matching, to support term completion.

Examples:

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GET /cspace-services/conceptauthorities/{concept-auth-id}/items/ HTTP/1.1 GET /cspace-services/conceptauthorities/{concept-auth-id}/items/?pt=foo&pgSz=10 HTTP/1.1

Concept REST payload schemas

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Here's an example payload for creating a new instance:

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<document name="concepts">
  <ns2:concepts_common xmlns:ns2="http://collectionspace.org/services/concept" xmlns:ns3="http://collectionspace.org/services/jaxb">
    <inAuthority>6ca3db57-7c96-47b6-b17d</inAuthority>
    <shortIdentifier>copper</shortIdentifier>
    <refName>urn:cspace:core.collectionspace.org:conceptauthorities:name(materials):item:name(copper)'Copper'</refName>
    <displayName>Copper</displayName>
    <termLanguage>urn:cspace:core.collectionspace.org:vocabularies:name(languages):item:name(eng)'English'</termLanguage>
    ...
  </ns2:concepts_common>
</document>

Read will return the above, plus additional fields (uri and csid) for access:

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<document name="concepts">
  <ns2:collectionspace_core xmlns:ns2="http://collectionspace.org/collectionspace_core/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
    ...
    <uri>/conceptauthorities/6ca3db57-7c96-47b6-b17d/items/d286deaa-245c-4505-8b6d</uri>
    ...
  </ns2:collectionspace_core>
  <ns2:concepts_common xmlns:ns2="http://collectionspace.org/services/concept" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
    ...
    <csid>d286deaa-245c-4505-8b6d</csid>
    ...
  </ns2:concepts_common>
  ...
</document>

Concept-List schema

List (and variants) will return a schema similar to the following example:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?> <ns2:abstract-common-list xmlns:ns2="http://collectionspace.org/services/jaxb"> <pageNum>0</pageNum> <pageSize>40</pageSize> <itemsInPage>8</itemsInPage> <totalItems>8</totalItems> <fieldsReturned>csid|uri|updatedAt|termType|displayName|shortIdentifier|refName|termStatus</fieldsReturned> <list-item> <csid>8efbeed8-b592-4683-869f</csid> <uri>/conceptauthorities/6ca3db57-7c96-47b6-b17d/items/8efbeed8-b592-4683-869f</uri> <updatedAt>2012-03-29T01:26:46Z</updatedAt> <displayName>Copper</displayName> <shortIdentifier>copper</shortIdentifier> <refName>urn:cspace:core.collectionspace.org:conceptauthorities:name(materials):item:name(copper)'Copper'</refName> <termStatus/> </list-item> ... </ns2:abstract-common-list>

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Brief Description

Read a ConceptAuthority

Update a ConceptAuthority

Delete a ConceptAuthority

List ConceptAuthority instances

ConceptAuthority REST payload schemas

ConceptAuthority-List schema

Concept CRUD+L services

Update a Concept in a ConceptAuthority

List Concept instances in a ConceptAuthority

Concept REST payload schemas

Concept-List schema