Paths allow Linked Data Resources to traverse the raw output of any proper external source consistently. Each Path collects and prepares the data that is to be presented by a Linked Data Resource. These Paths allow different Linked Data Resources to streamline their diverse and originally incompatible external sources. The syntax of a Path follows the baseline of JSON.

A Path can be defined as a single-source Path or a multi-source Path. Single-source Paths are Paths that output a value that represents a single source (i.e. represents a value for one 'Object').

{"entities": {"Q106079697": {"id": ""}}}

When a Resource outputs multiple sources (i.e. multiple 'Objects') a Path needs at least one iteration [] for it to group these sources. When multiple iterations are part of a Path, the first iteration will be the indicator for grouping to a source, the deeper/nested iterations will add to that initialised group.

{"entities": {"[]": {"id": ""}}}

Syntax

Elaborate example:

{
  "Page": {
    "TextRegion": {
      "[]": {
        "TextLine": {
          "[*]Unicode": "join: "
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

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