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57	57	=== The openMINDS vocabulary ===
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60		-Through the integration pipeline of the openMINDS generator, the openMINDS vocabulary is automatically gathered and stored in the main openMINDS GitHub in order to centrally maintain general definitions and references for **types** and **properties** used in schemas across all openMINDS repositories. How this works is explained in the following.
	60	+Located under the folder **##vocab##** in the main openMINDS GitHub directory, the openMINDS vocabulary is semi-automatically gathered and stored in dedicated JSON files (**##types.json##** and **##properties.json##**). The openMINDS integration pipeline makes sure that both files are updated with each commit to any of the GitHub repositories for the openMINDS metadata models. For this reason, the files always contain an up-to-date list of all schemas and properties in use. This setup not only allows us to centrally maintain general definitions and references for schema **types** and **properties** across all openMINDS metadata models, but also to keep several technical aspects for the openMINDS schemas hidden from the naive user. How this works is explained in the following.
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63		-Schema types and properties are stored in dedicated JSON files (**##types.json##** and **##properties.json##**) under the folder **##vocab##** located in the main openMINDS GitHub directory. Each schema type and property occurring in the openMINDS metadata models is automatically represented in those files as nested dictionaries. Here a cutout of the **##types.json##**:
	63	+The **##types.json##** file is an associative array listing all existing openMINDS schemas. For each openMINDS schema a nested associative array is created providing the respective display label, the general description, and a list of references to corresponding schemas of other initiatives:
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65	65	{{code language="json"}}
66	66	{
67		- ...,
68		- "https://openminds.ebrains.eu/core/Person": {
69		- "description": "Structured information on a person (alive or dead).",
70		- "name": "Person",
	67	+ "OPENMINDS_SCHEMA_TYPE": {
	68	+ "description": "GENERAL_DESCRIPTION",
	69	+ "name": "DISPLAY_LABEL",
71	71	"translatableTo": [
72		- "https://schema.org/Person"
	71	+ "REFERENCE_TO_RELATED_SCHEMA_OF_OTHER_INITIATIVE"
73	73	]
74		- },
75		- ...
	73	+ }
76	76	}
77	77	{{/code}}
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79		-... and a cutout of the properties.json:
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	78	+With each new schema committed to one of the openMINDS metadata models, a new entry is appended to the **##types.json##** file, with the display label automatically derived from the respective schema type and the remaining attributes provided with a null value. Once an entry for a schema is made in the **##types.json##** file, all attributes (**##name##**, **##description##**, and **##translatableTo##**) can be manually edited. All manual editions will be preserved and not overwritten when the file is updated again with a new commit. In case a schema is deleted from the openMINDS metadata models, the corresponding entry in the types.json is marked as being deprecated (additional attribute; ##"deprecated": true##). It only can be permanently removed from the **##types.json##** file, if the entry is manually deleted.
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	81	+Similar to the **##types.json##** file, the **##properties.json##** file is an associative array listing all properties across all existing openMINDS schemas. For each openMINDS property a nested associative array is created providing the respective display label, the general description, the label for displaying the reversed link of that property, the list of schemas in which the property is used, and a list of references to matching schema properties of other initiatives:
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81	81	{{code language="json"}}
82	82	{
83		- ...,
84		- "givenName": {
85		- "description": "Name given to a person, including all potential middle names, but excluding the family name.",
86		- "name": "Given name",
87		- "nameForReverseLink": "Is given name of",
	85	+ "PROPERTY_NAME": {
	86	+ "description": "GENERAL_DESCRIPTION",
	87	+ "name": "DISPLAY_LABEL",
	88	+ "nameForReverseLink": "DISPLAY_LABEL_OF_REVERSED_LINK",
88	88	"sameAs": [
89		- "https://schema.org/givenName"
	90	+ "REFERENCE_TO_MATCHING_SCHEMA-PROPERTY_OF_OTHER_INITIATIVE"
90	90	],
91	91	"schemas": [
92		- "core/v3/actors/person.schema.tpl.json"
	93	+ "RELATIVE_PATH_TO_SCHEMA_USING_THIS_PROPERTY"
93	93	]
94		- },
95		- ...
	95	+ }
96	96	}
97	97	{{/code}}
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100		-The keywords of those nested dictionaries are pre-defined to consistently capture for all schema types and properties their namespace, their occurrence, their general description, and possible references to related or matching schema types and properties of other metadata initiatives (e.g., schema.org). This setup also allows us to define some values/entries to be automatically filled in by the openMINDS integration pipeline with each commit to one of the openMINDS repositories (e.g., the namespace and occurrence) and others to be manually editable later on (e.g., the general description and references).
	100	+The keywords of those nested dictionaries are pre-defined to consistently capture for all schema types and properties their namespace, their occurrence (cf. **##"schemas"##** in **##properties.json##**), their general description (cf. **##"description"##** in **##types.json##** and **##properties.json##**), and possible references to related or matching schema types (cf. **##"translatableTo"##** in **##types.json##**) and properties (cf. **##""sameAs""##** in **##properties.json##**) of other metadata initiatives (e.g., schema.org).
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	103	+This setup also allows us to define some values/entries to be automatically filled in by the openMINDS integration pipeline with each commit to one of the openMINDS repositories (**##"name"##**, **##"schemas"##**) and others to be manually editable later on (**##"description"##**, **##"translatableTo"##**, **##"sameAs"##**, **##"nameForReverseLink"##**).
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103	103	For security, outdated entries in those openMINDS vocabulary files (e.g., because the namespace of the schema type or property changed or the schema type or property was deleted) are not automatically deleted, but kept and marked as being deprecated. After evaluation, deprecated schema types or properties can be deleted manually from openMINDS vocabulary.
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108	108	=== The openMINDS schema template syntax ===
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111		-All openMINDS metadata models use a light-weighted schema template syntax for defining the expected metadata. The correspondingly formatted schema files use the extension: **##.schema.tpl.json##**.
	114	+All openMINDS metadata models are defined using a light-weighted schema template syntax. Although this schema template syntax is inspired by JSON-Schema, it outsources most schema technicalities to be handled in the openMINDS integration pipeline, making the openMINDS schemas more human-readable, especially for untrained eyes.
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114		-Although, as the file extension suggests, this openMINDS schema template syntax is inspired by JSON-Schema, it facilitates or even excludes technical aspects that are generally expected for the openMINDS schemas making them more human-readable, especially for untrained eyes. Behind the scenes, within the openMINDS integration pipeline (cf. below), this schema template syntax is then interpreted and flexibly translated to various formal metadata formats (e.g., JSON-Schema).
	117	+The few remaining customized technical properties which need additional interpretation or translation to a formal schema languages (e.g. JSON-Schema) have an underscore as prefix (e.g., **##"_type"##**). Within the openMINDS integration pipeline (cf. below), the schema template syntax is interpreted, extended and flexibly translated to various formal schema languages. All further specifications of the openMINDS schema template syntax are described below.
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117		-Despite the simplification in comparison to JSON-Schema, the openMINDS schema templates are also, at the core, specially formatted JSON files using a particular syntax, meaning special key-value pairs that define the validation rules of a schema.
	120	+All openMINDS schemas need to have the extension **##.schema.tpl.json##** and each schema is defined as a nested associative array (dictionary) with the following conceptual structure:
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	122	+{{code language="json"}}
	123	+{
	124	+ "_type": "https://openminds.ebrains.eu/LABEL_OF_METADATA_MODEL/SCHEMA_NAME",
	125	+ "properties": {
	126	+ "PROPERTY_NAME": {
	127	+ "type": "DATA_TYPE",
	128	+ "_instruction": "METADATA_ENTRY_INSTRUCTION"
	129	+ },
	130	+ "required": [
	131	+ "PROPERTY_NAME"
	132	+ ]
	133	+}
	134	+{{/code}}
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120		-Please find in the following a full documentation of the openMINDS schema template syntax and how it's key-value pairs need to be defined and interpreted.
	137	+**##"_type"##** defines the schema type (or namespace) with the depicted naming convention, where the label of the respective openMINDS metadata model (e.g., **##"core"##**) and the schema name (format: UpperCamelCase; e.g. **##"Person"##**) have to be specified. Obviously, the schema name should be meaningful and provide some insides into what metadata content the schema covers.
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123		-(//**coming soon**//)
	140	+Under **##"properties"##** a nested associative array is defined, where each key defines the property name (format: lowerCamelCase; e.g. **##"givenName"##**). The corresponding value is again a nested associative array defining the expected data **##"type"##** (cf. below) and the **##"_instructions"##** for entering the correct metadata for the respective property.
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	143	+Under **##"required"##** a list of property names can be provided that are obligatory to be present in a correctly instantiated metadata instance of the respective schema. If none of the properties are required, this key-value pair does not have to be specified.
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	146	+Now, depending on the expected data type additional constraints can be made for the metadata entry of a respective property. Currently, the openMINDS schema template syntax supports the following data types: **##"string"##**, ##**"integer"**##, **##"float"##**, **##"boolean"##**, **##"array"##** and **##"object"##**.
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125	125	=== The openMINDS integration pipeline ===
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127		-(//**coming soon**//)
	150	+(//**coming soon**//) If you'd like to learn more about the openMINDS integration pipeline, especially if you'd like to contribute to it, please get in touch with us (the openMINDS development team) via the issues on the openMINDS or openMINDS_generator GitHub or the support email: openminds@ebrains.eu
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