Dan Kapner

- [ ] Await word/release from [PyNWB](https://github.com/hdmf-dev/hdmf/releases) about python 3.9 support (h5py 3) - [ ] add python 3.9 to cloud test matrix - [ ] add python 3.9 to...

During the release process for v1.0.0/v1.0.1 of the VB2P dataset, we learned some consistency checks from Marina that the release data should meet: ``` In the final dataset where all...

remove mtrain reliance

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We want to remove mtrain reliance, so that there aren't potential data inconsistencies out of our control, for instance, between mtrain, pkl files, and LIMS. ### Tasks - [x] survey...

this had been working on appveyor, and, in moving to github-actions the test no longer passes. We'd like to re-instate this test for good windows coverage.

smart_merge fails with NumpyArray

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I'm getting an error on validation when I've added a NumpyArray to an existing schema. ``` File "/allen/programs/celltypes/workgroups/em-connectomics/danielk/conda/rm_production_mod/lib/python2.7/site-packages/argschema/argschema_parser.py", line 171, in __init__ args = utils.smart_merge(jsonargs, argsdict) File "/allen/programs/celltypes/workgroups/em-connectomics/danielk/conda/rm_production_mod/lib/python2.7/site-packages/argschema/utils.py", line 210,...

inference: accept path or dict

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the API layer reads and validates arguments. It currently must then write those to disk so the inference class can get a path as an argument. It would be preferable...

[Python] 'pyarrow._parquet.SortingColumn' object has no attribute 'to_dict'

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### Describe the bug, including details regarding any error messages, version, and platform. When a `SortingColumn` is present, the metadata of a `ParquetFile` can not be serialized with `to_dict()` because...