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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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143	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"##**.
	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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148	148	=== The openMINDS integration pipeline ===
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