# me.benswift.researchOutput

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## Description

A research output owned by its creator — a performance, exhibition, recording, installation or piece of software that constitutes research in its own right. Named for what it is (a research output, with an outputType discriminator) rather than for what it isn't; see https://benswift.me/blog/2026/06/18/giving-my-livecoding-gigs-a-doi/ for why "non-traditional research output" is a term worth retiring.

## Links

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## Definitions

### `me.benswift.researchOutput`

**Type**: `record`

A single research output, carrying a DataCite DOI and a strong reference to its human-facing site.standard.document page.

**Key**: `any`

| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|----------|------|----------|-------------|
| `doi` | `string` | No | DataCite DOI for this output, e.g. 10.5281/zenodo.20743627. |
| `event` | `string` | No | The event or programme it formed part of. |
| `title` | `string` | Yes |  |
| `venue` | `string` | No | Where the output was realised. |
| `partOf` | `string` | No | DOI of the umbrella collection this output belongs to. |
| `document` | `ref` → `com.atproto.repo.strongRef` | Yes | Strong reference (uri + cid) to the site.standard.document record for this output's page. |
| `createdAt` | `string` (datetime) | Yes | When this record was first created. |
| `outputType` | `string` | Yes | The kind of research output. |
| `performedAt` | `string` (datetime) | Yes | When the work was performed, exhibited or otherwise realised. |
| `fieldsOfResearch` | `array` | No | ANZSRC Fields of Research codes (2020 edition). |

## Raw Schema

```json
{
  "id": "me.benswift.researchOutput",
  "defs": {
    "main": {
      "key": "any",
      "type": "record",
      "record": {
        "type": "object",
        "required": [
          "document",
          "outputType",
          "title",
          "performedAt",
          "createdAt"
        ],
        "properties": {
          "doi": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "DataCite DOI for this output, e.g. 10.5281/zenodo.20743627."
          },
          "event": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "The event or programme it formed part of."
          },
          "title": {
            "type": "string",
            "maxLength": 3000,
            "maxGraphemes": 300
          },
          "venue": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Where the output was realised."
          },
          "partOf": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "DOI of the umbrella collection this output belongs to."
          },
          "document": {
            "ref": "com.atproto.repo.strongRef",
            "type": "ref",
            "description": "Strong reference (uri + cid) to the site.standard.document record for this output's page."
          },
          "createdAt": {
            "type": "string",
            "format": "datetime",
            "description": "When this record was first created."
          },
          "outputType": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "The kind of research output.",
            "knownValues": [
              "performance",
              "exhibition",
              "recording",
              "installation",
              "software"
            ]
          },
          "performedAt": {
            "type": "string",
            "format": "datetime",
            "description": "When the work was performed, exhibited or otherwise realised."
          },
          "fieldsOfResearch": {
            "type": "array",
            "items": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "description": "ANZSRC Fields of Research codes (2020 edition)."
          }
        }
      },
      "description": "A single research output, carrying a DataCite DOI and a strong reference to its human-facing site.standard.document page."
    }
  },
  "$type": "com.atproto.lexicon.schema",
  "lexicon": 1,
  "description": "A research output owned by its creator — a performance, exhibition, recording, installation or piece of software that constitutes research in its own right. Named for what it is (a research output, with an outputType discriminator) rather than for what it isn't; see https://benswift.me/blog/2026/06/18/giving-my-livecoding-gigs-a-doi/ for why \"non-traditional research output\" is a term worth retiring."
}
```