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114	114	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##**.
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117		-Although, as the file extension suggests, this openMINDS schema template syntax is inspired by JSON-Schema, it facilitates or even excludes technical aspects making the openMINDS schemas 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	+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).
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120		-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. 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.
	120	+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.
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123		-Let's start by going through the syntax of a simple openMINDS schema, the contactInformation.schema.tpl.json:
	123	+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.
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125		-{{code language="json"}}
126		-{
127		- "_type": "https://openminds.ebrains.eu/core/ContactInformation",
128		- "required": [
129		- "email"
130		- ],
131		- "properties": {
132		- "email": {
133		- "type": "string",
134		- "_formats": [
135		- "email"
136		- ],
137		- "_instruction": "Enter the email address of this person."
138		- }
139		- }
140		-}
141		-{{/code}}
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144		-The **##"_type"##** identifies the schema type or namespace for the particular schema. In **##"required"##** all property names have to be listed {{footnote}}A list is a data structure that is an ordered sequence of elements. Each element inside of a list is typically called an item. Lists are defined by having values between square brackets **##[ ]##**.{{/footnote}} that must be provided and filled out in a valid instance of this schema type (here, only the property **##"email"##** is required). Under **##"properties"##**, information about the expected value for each property defining the particular schema is given in a nested dictionary {{footnote}}A dictionary is a data structure that consists of an unordered collection of key:value pairs. Dictionaries are defined by having these key:value pairs between curly brackets **##{...}##**.{{/footnote}} (here, the only property is **##"email"##**). In this nested dictionary, the **##"type"##** of the expected value should be specified (here, the value has to be of type **##"string"##** {{footnote}}Strings are defined as characters between quotes **##"..."##**.{{/footnote}}). For values of type **##"string"##** it is further possible to list the accepted formats of the **##"string"##** under **##"_formats"##** (here, the expected **##"string"##** value has to be formatted as **##"email"##** address {{footnote}}An email address, such as openminds@ebrains.eu, is made up from a local-part, the symbol **##@##**, and a domain, which may be a domain name or an IP address enclosed in brackets{{/footnote}}.
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146	146	=== The openMINDS integration pipeline ===
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148		-(//**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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