Table of Contents
Introduction
The Linked Art API is made up of different endpoints, each of which has a defined structure for the format of the data that will be returned from it. These align (mostly) with the core classes of the model, and are structured according to the API design principles.
Endpoints
- Abstract Works - Abstract works, such as the idea for an exhibition
- Concepts - Types, Materials, Languages, and others, as full records rather than external references
- Digital Objects - Images, services and other digital objects
- Events - Events and other non-specific activities that are related but not part of other entities
- Groups - Groups and Organizations
- People - People
- Physical Objects - Physical things, including artworks, buildings or other architecture, books, parts of objects, and more
- Places - Geographic places
- Provenance Activities - The various events that take place during the history of a physical thing
- Sets - Sets, including Collections and sets of objects used for exhibitions
- Textual Works - Texts worthy of description as distinct entities, such as the content carried by a book or journal article
- Visual Works - Image content worthy of description as distinct entities, such as the image shown by a painting or drawing