ReproDB Data Schemas

JSON Schema definitions for all data structures produced by the reprodb-pipeline and consumed by the reprodb.github.io website.

Browse the documentation: reprodb.github.io/data-schemas

Schema → Output File Mapping

Each schema validates one or more output files produced by the pipeline. Output files land in two locations within the website repo:

• _data/ — YAML/JSON consumed by Jekyll templates
• assets/data/ — JSON served directly to the browser (charts, search, client-side tables)
• _build/ — Intermediate files (not published, used by downstream generators)

Schemas with definitions (✓ documented)

Schema	Output file(s)	Generator	Description
artifacts	assets/data/artifacts.json	generate_statistics.py	Core artifact records with badges and URLs
artifacts_by_conference	_data/artifacts_by_conference.yml	generate_statistics.py	Badge breakdown by conference and year
artifacts_by_year	_data/artifacts_by_year.yml	generate_statistics.py	Year-over-year artifact counts
ae_members	assets/data/ae_members.json, assets/data/{area}_ae_members.json	committee_stats/	AE committee member lists
artifact_availability	assets/data/artifact_availability.json	generate_artifact_availability.py	URL liveness checks for artifacts
artifact_citations	assets/data/artifact_citations.json	generate_artifact_citations.py	Citation data for artifacts
author_index	assets/data/author_index.json	generate_author_stats.py	Lightweight author lookup index
author_profiles	assets/data/author_profiles.json	generate_author_profiles.py	Detailed per-author profile data
author_stats	assets/data/authors.json, assets/data/{area}_authors.json	generate_author_stats.py	Per-author statistics and paper lists
combined_rankings	assets/data/combined_rankings.json, assets/data/{conf}_combined_rankings.json	generate_combined_rankings.py	Author rankings combining artifacts + AE service
committee_stats	assets/data/committee_stats.json	committee_stats/	AE committee participation statistics
institution_ranking_history	assets/data/institution_ranking_history.json	generate_ranking_history.py	Historical institution ranking changes
institution_rankings	assets/data/institution_rankings.json, assets/data/{conf}_institution_rankings.json	generate_institution_rankings.py	Institution-level rankings and metrics
paper_citations	assets/data/paper_citations.json	generate_paper_citations_doi.py	Paper citation counts from OpenAlex/Crossref
paper_index	assets/data/papers.json, _data/papers.json	generate_author_stats.py	Paper metadata index
participation_stats	assets/data/participation_stats.json, _data/participation_stats.yml	generate_participation_stats.py	Conference participation trends
ranking_history	assets/data/ranking_history.json	generate_ranking_history.py	Historical author ranking changes
repo_stats	assets/data/repo_stats_detail.json	generate_repo_stats.py	Per-artifact repository metrics (stars, forks)
repo_stats_summary	_data/repo_stats.yml	generate_repo_stats.py	Aggregated repository metrics (overall, by-conference, by-year, by-area)
repo_stats_yearly	assets/data/repo_stats_yearly.json	generate_repo_stats.py	Per-conference yearly star/fork trends for charts
search_data	assets/data/search_data.json	generate_search_data.py	Merged data for website full-text search
summary	_data/summary.yml, assets/data/summary.json	generate_statistics.py	High-level site summary statistics
top_repos	assets/data/top_repos.json, assets/data/{area}_top_repos.json	generate_repo_stats.py	Top repositories by stars
artifact_citations_summary	assets/data/artifact_citations_summary.json	generate_artifact_citations.py	Citation analysis summary with per-year breakdown and verification
citation_history	_build/citation_history.json	generate_paper_citations_doi.py	Time-series of per-paper citation counts from OpenAlex/Semantic Scholar
citation_verification_summary	assets/data/citation_verification_summary.json	generate_artifact_citations.py	Crossref-based verification distinguishing genuine vs false-positive citations
conf_authors	_build/{conf}_conf_authors.json	generate_author_stats.py	Per-conference author rankings with badge breakdowns
geographic_statistics	assets/data/geographic_statistics.json	generate_institution_rankings.py	Country and continent statistics for reproducibility and artifacts
institution_timeline	assets/data/institution_timeline.json, _build/institution_timeline.json	committee_stats/	Year-over-year institution AE participation with per-area breakdown
paper_authors_map	assets/data/paper_authors_map.json, _build/paper_authors_map.json	generate_author_stats.py	Paper → author mapping with venue/badge info
paper_citations_summary	assets/data/paper_citations_summary.json	generate_paper_citations_doi.py	Summary of paper citation lookup coverage and totals
repo_stats_history	assets/data/repo_stats_history.json, _build/repo_stats_history.json	generate_repo_stats.py	Time-series of stars/forks (GitHub) or views/downloads (Zenodo) per repo

Output files without schemas (not yet documented)

Output file	Generator	Description	Priority
assets/data/cited_artifacts_by_author.json	generate_cited_artifacts_list.py	Authors mapped to their cited artifacts	Medium
assets/data/cited_artifacts_by_institution.json	generate_cited_artifacts_list.py	Institutions mapped to cited artifacts	Medium
assets/data/cited_artifacts_list.json	generate_cited_artifacts_list.py	Flat list of all cited artifacts	Medium
_data/author_summary.yml	generate_author_stats.py	Author summary for Jekyll	Low
_data/combined_summary.yml	generate_combined_rankings.py	Combined ranking summary for Jekyll	Low
_data/coverage.yml	generate_statistics.py	Conference/year coverage table	Low
_data/navigation.yml	generate_statistics.py	Site navigation structure	Low
_data/pipeline_metadata.yml	Pipeline runner	Run timestamp and version info	Low
_data/all_results_cache.yml	generate_statistics.py	Full results cache for Jekyll	Low