DataHarmonizer should honor at least a subset of the LinkML rule language

[turbomam]

DataHarmonizer should honor at least a subset of the LinkML rule language

[cmungall]

Relevant section of the schema guide: https://linkml.io/linkml/schemas/advanced.html#rules

(note there is no way to say column N+1, but a specific slot can be named)

[pkalita-lbl]

This seems orthogonal to the multi-view interface I've been working on for NMDC.

I think DataHarmonizer could pick up the rules metamodel slot in its validation procedure, and it wouldn't be too terribly hard to do.

[ddooley]

Yes, we'd like to get rule-based validation - and dynamically required fields - happening right inside DH. Patrick, what does "multi-view interface" mean? Were you approaching this via custom field-change hooks? One thing is that not only should all the rule behaviour happen as people are editing content, but also on loading of a dataset or when user presses "Validate".

[pkalita-lbl]

what does "multi-view interface" mean?

I'm working on an interface for the NMDC project where we're going to allow a user to switch between different templates via a sort of tab-like interface. It's not really related to what we're talking about here.

Were you approaching this via custom field-change hooks? One thing is that not only should all the rule behaviour happen as people are editing content, but also on loading of a dataset or when user presses "Validate".

Just to be clear, I have not started working on implementing this at all. I assumed it would be added to the getInvalidCells method.

[ddooley]

Understood. A heads-up that early this spring we will have another programmer resource dedicated to DH work so no worries if you have commitments elsewhere.