Feature Request: Extend Search API to return isLinked boolean
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FY26 Sprint 26
GREI Re-arch
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SPA.Q3.2025.2
SPA.Q3.2025.4
Type: Feature
- Dominant language
- Java
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Description
Overview of the Feature Request
Extend the Search API to return an isLinked boolean property for items type 'dataverse' and 'dataset' to describe if they are linked items or not.
What kind of user is the feature intended for?
API User
What inspired the request?
SPA Q3 2025 Roadmap
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by tracing the Search API response handling for items of type “dataverse” and “dataset.” Confirm how linked items are identified, then add the isLinked boolean to both response types and verify that linked and unlinked results are represented correctly.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- java
- Domain
- api, backend
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 52/100