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13 13  === The openMINDS umbrella ===
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16 -openMINDS is the overall umbrella for a set of integrated metadata models for describing neuroscience research products in graph databases. The correct integration of these metadata models as well as the provision of a central access point is handled by an integration pipeline. All metadata models are developed on separate GitHub repositories, in order to facilitate extensions and maintenance of existing, as well as development and integration of new openMINDS metadata models and schemas. The integration pipeline ensures that the central [[openMINDS GitHub repository>>https://github.com/HumanBrainProject/openMINDS||rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"]] ingests all these GitHub repositories as [[git-submodules>>https://git-scm.com/docs/git-submodule||rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"]], integrates the respective metadata models and builds the openMINDS GitHub pages, as well as ZIP files containing the respective openMINDS schemas in the supported formats, such as the openMINDS syntax (cf. below), JSON-Schema, or HTML. In the following we will summarize the contents and requirements for the central openMINDS GitHub repository as well as all metadata model git-submodules. The openMINDS integration pipeline will be handled in a separate chapter (cf. below).
16 +In summary, openMINDS is the overall umbrella for a set of distributed GitHub repositories, each defining a particular metadata model for neuroscience research products.
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19 -Furthermore it stores the openMINDS vocabulary (**##vocab##**), providing general definitions and references for **types** and **properties** used in schemas across all openMINDS repositories (cf. below). And last but not least, it holds the schema representations for all supported metadata formats created by the openMINDS integration pipeline (cf. below).
19 +The main (or central) [[openMINDS GitHub repository>>https://github.com/HumanBrainProject/openMINDS||rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"]] ingests all these GitHub repositories as [[git-submodules>>https://git-scm.com/docs/git-submodule||rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"]]. Furthermore it stores the openMINDS vocabulary (**##vocab##**), providing general definitions and references for **types** and **properties** used in schemas across all openMINDS repositories (cf. below). And last but not least, it holds the schema representations for all supported metadata formats created by the openMINDS integration pipeline (cf. below).
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22 22  For this to work smoothly for the existing, but also for all new openMINDS metadata models, the corresponding openMINDS submodules (GitHub repositories) have to meet the following requirements:
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92 92   "schemas": [
93 93   "RELATIVE_PATH_TO_OPENMINDS-SCHEMA_USING_THIS_PROPERTY"
94 94   ]
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96 96  }
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100 100  With each new property committed to a schema of one of the openMINDS metadata models, a new entry is appended to the **##properties.json##** file, with the display label and list of schemas in which this property occurs automatically derived. The remaining attributes are initially provided with a null value. Once an entry for a property is made in the **##properties.json##** file, the values of all attributes (**##"name"##**, **##"description"##**, **##"nameForReversedLink"##**, and **##"sameAs"##**) can be manually edited, except for **##"schemas"##** which will be always automatically updated. All those manual editions will be preserved and not overwritten when the file is updated again with a new commit. In case a property is not used anymore in any of the schemas from the openMINDS metadata models, the corresponding entry in the **##properties.json##** file is marked as being deprecated (additional attribute-value pair; **##"deprecated": true##**). It only can be permanently removed from the **##properties.json##** file, if the entry is manually deleted.
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102 -=== The openMINDS syntax ===
102 +=== The openMINDS schema template syntax ===
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105 -All openMINDS metadata models are defined using a light-weighted schema syntax. Although this schema syntax is inspired by JSON-Schema, it outsources most schema technicalities to be handled by the openMINDS integration pipeline, making the openMINDS schemas more human-readable, especially for untrained eyes.
105 +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 by the openMINDS integration pipeline, making the openMINDS schemas more human-readable, especially for untrained eyes.
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108 108  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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137 137  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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140 -==== Schemas extending a context-schema ====
140 +==== Schemas extending schemas ====
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143 -In the case that several schemas are highly related and contain a common set of properties, it is possible to define a non-type context-schema with these common properties that can be extended and modified by the group of related schemas.
143 +In the case that several schemas are highly related and contain a common set of properties, it is possible to define a non-type context-schema with these common properties that can be extended and modified by the group of related schemas. All properties and constraints (e.g. required properties, expected data types) defined in the context-schema are passed on to the schemas extending this context-schema. Each of these schemas can define additional properties, or (if necessary) can overwrite the constraints of the context-schema. In order to state that a schema is extending a context-schema, the following additional key-value pair has to be added to the schema template above:
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146 -All properties and constraints (e.g. required properties, expected data types) defined in the context-schema are passed on to the schemas extending this context-schema. Each of these schemas can define additional properties, or (if necessary) can overwrite the constraints of the context-schema (incl. **##"_instructions"##**). In order to state that a schema is extending a context-schema, the following additional key-value pair has to be added to the schema template above:
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149 149  **##"_extends": "RELATIVE_PATH_TO_OPENMINDS-CONTEXT-SCHEMA"##**
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152 -This design not only makes it easier to identify highly related schemas, but also facilitates the maintenance of the commonly used properties. A good hands-on example, is the context-schema [[ResearchProduct>>https://raw.githubusercontent.com/HumanBrainProject/openMINDS_core/v3/schemas/products/researchProduct.schema.tpl.json||rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"]] which is extended by the following schema set: [[Dataset>>https://raw.githubusercontent.com/HumanBrainProject/openMINDS_core/v3/schemas/products/dataset.schema.tpl.json||rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"]], [[MetaDataModel>>https://raw.githubusercontent.com/HumanBrainProject/openMINDS_core/v3/schemas/products/metaDataModel.schema.tpl.json]], [[Model>>https://raw.githubusercontent.com/HumanBrainProject/openMINDS_core/v3/schemas/products/model.schema.tpl.json||rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"]], and [[Software>>https://raw.githubusercontent.com/HumanBrainProject/openMINDS_core/v3/schemas/products/software.schema.tpl.json||rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"]].
149 +This design not only makes it easier to identify highly related schemas, but also facilitates the maintenance of the commonly used properties. A good hands-on example, is the context-schema [[ResearchProduct>>https://raw.githubusercontent.com/HumanBrainProject/openMINDS_core/v3/schemas/products/researchProduct.schema.tpl.json||rel=" noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"]] which is extended by the following schema set: [[Dataset>>https://raw.githubusercontent.com/HumanBrainProject/openMINDS_core/v3/schemas/products/dataset.schema.tpl.json||rel=" noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"]], [[MetaDataModel>>https://raw.githubusercontent.com/HumanBrainProject/openMINDS_core/v3/schemas/products/metaDataModel.schema.tpl.json]], [[Model>>https://raw.githubusercontent.com/HumanBrainProject/openMINDS_core/v3/schemas/products/model.schema.tpl.json||rel=" noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"]], and [[Software>>https://raw.githubusercontent.com/HumanBrainProject/openMINDS_core/v3/schemas/products/software.schema.tpl.json||rel=" noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"]].
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155 -==== Data type depending constraints ====
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158 158  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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161 -If the expected data **##"type"##** is a **##"string"##** the expected number of characters, the format or a regular expression pattern of the string can be further defined.
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163 163  === The openMINDS integration pipeline ===
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165 165  (//**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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