microbiomedata
string vs enumeration for GOLD pathway slots
I noticed that for GOLD pathway slots https://microbiomedata.github.io/submission-schema/gold_path_field/ the range is an enumeration in the submission portal and a string in nmdc-schema. Since most of the data will come in from ingest scripts which bypass the submission schema we should revisit making the validation consistent. Reddy has noted that they release new pathways as needed so we may have problems keeping in sync.
@turbomam @pkalita-lbl @mslarae13
The enumeration on the submission portal is meant to help / guide people. However, I see it doesn't validate if you type in just any text. that one requires it comes from the enumeration. It probably should.
Curious on other peoples thoughts.
I think if populated both the submission schema and nmdc schema should use validate against the same enumeration and we need a process to keep this in sync with what GOLD has. Not sure how to do this w/o a release schedule from GOLD, perhaps we update quarterly.
++ Can we prevent allowing people to type into this slot? Currently, you can type something into a lower level, but if you haven't selected anything in the 'upper' level of the hierarchy, it doesn't validate
See submission 6f99e199-c6c3-4d79-aac6-57446fde26f4
Closing, this seems fine since @pkalita-lbl implemented pulling current GOLD pathway terms into the submission schema.