pub.chive.actor.discoverAuthorIds

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  "$type": "com.atproto.lexicon.schema",
  "defs": {
    "authorMatch": {
      "description": "A potential author match from academic databases",
      "properties": {
        "citedByCount": {
          "description": "Total citation count",
          "minimum": 0,
          "type": "integer"
        },
        "displayName": {
          "description": "Display name from the database",
          "type": "string"
        },
        "ids": {
          "ref": "#externalIds",
          "type": "ref"
        },
        "institution": {
          "description": "Current institutional affiliation",
          "type": "string"
        },
        "worksCount": {
          "description": "Number of works attributed to this author",
          "minimum": 0,
          "type": "integer"
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "displayName",
        "worksCount",
        "citedByCount",
        "ids"
      ],
      "type": "object"
    },
    "externalIds": {
      "description": "External author identifiers from various databases",
      "properties": {
        "dblp": {
          "description": "DBLP author identifier",
          "type": "string"
        },
        "openalex": {
          "description": "OpenAlex author ID (e.g., A5023888391)",
          "type": "string"
        },
        "orcid": {
          "description": "ORCID identifier",
          "type": "string"
        },
        "semanticScholar": {
          "description": "Semantic Scholar author ID",
          "type": "string"
        }
      },
      "type": "object"
    },
    "main": {
      "description": "Discover external author IDs (OpenAlex, Semantic Scholar, etc.) by searching for a name across academic databases",
      "errors": [
        {
          "name": "AuthenticationRequired"
        }
      ],
      "output": {
        "encoding": "application/json",
        "schema": {
          "properties": {
            "matches": {
              "items": {
                "ref": "#authorMatch",
                "type": "ref"
              },
              "type": "array"
            },
            "searchedName": {
              "description": "The name that was searched",
              "type": "string"
            }
          },
          "required": [
            "searchedName",
            "matches"
          ],
          "type": "object"
        }
      },
      "parameters": {
        "properties": {
          "limit": {
            "default": 5,
            "description": "Maximum number of matches to return",
            "maximum": 20,
            "minimum": 1,
            "type": "integer"
          },
          "name": {
            "description": "Author name to search for",
            "minLength": 1,
            "type": "string"
          }
        },
        "type": "params"
      },
      "type": "query"
    }
  },
  "id": "pub.chive.actor.discoverAuthorIds",
  "lexicon": 1,
  "revision": 1
}