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Contact - Field Reference ​

The fields of the Contact record type as documented for the Biosafety Clearing-House. In API calls the record type is selected with the schema value contact.

TitleFieldMandatoryTypeExample
headerHeader{ "identifier": "068C83BA-995F-08C3-50CE-AD43545B3EB5", "schema": "contact", "languages": ["en"] }
Prefixprefixlstring{"en":"Mr"}
First NamefirstNameTruestringJohn
Middle NamemiddleNamestringSmith
Last NamelastNameTruestringDoe
GendergenderTerm
Job Titledesignationlstring{"en":"Software"}
OrganizationorganizationTruelstring{"en":"Test Organization"}
AcronymorganizationAcronymlstring{"en":"CSBD"}
Department / Division / Unitdepartmentlstring{"en":"Division"}
Type of OrganizationorganizationTypeTerm{"identifier":"86D464C3-B5BB-4B02-85E4-1AAD8D64CD27"}
Street Addressaddresslstring{"en":"560 Franklin"}
Citycitylstring{"en":"Cambridge"}
State or Provincestatelstring{"en":"Ontario"}
Postal Code or ZippostalCodelstring{"en":"N1R 7Z1"}
Country of ContactcountryTrueTerm{"identifier":"ca"}
Phone Number(s)phonesstring[]["54825578896"]
Fax Number(s)faxesstring[]["123456"]
Email(s)emailsTruestring[]["john.doe@example.com"]
Website Address(es)websitesLink[][{"url":"http://www.example.com"}]
Address TypeaddressTypestringorganization
Relevant InformationrelevantInformationlstring
Relevant DocumentsrelevantDocumentsLink[]
Contact TypetypeTruestringperson
CountrygovernmentTerm{"identifier":"af"}
OrganizationcontactOrganizationTrueReference{"identifier":"SIMP-22D52282-2FB2-AD2A-2965-476DFF6A7F37@1"}