add start to Ontology table

common/namespace.yaml

@@ -23,4 +23,7 @@ namespaces:
   - doc: data types for different types of sparse matrices
     source: sparse.yaml
     title: Sparse data types
-  version: 1.2.1
+  - doc: data types for storing references to web accessible resources
+    source: resources.yaml
+    title: Resource reference data types
+  version: 1.2.2-alpha

common/resources.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+groups:
+ - data_type_def: ExternalResources
+   data_type_inc: Container
+   doc: A pair of tables for tracking external resource references in a file
+   datasets:
+    - data_type_inc: Data
+      name: keys
+      doc: A table for storing user terms that are used to refer to external resources
+      dtype:
+       - name: key_name
+         dtype: text
+         doc: The user term that maps to one or more resources in the 'resources' table.
+      dims:
+      - num_rows
+      shape:
+      - null
+
+    - data_type_inc: Data
+      name: resources
+      doc: A table for mapping user terms (i.e. keys) to resource entities
+      dtype:
+       - name: keytable_idx
+         dtype: uint
+         doc: Foreign reference to the 'keys' table - the index to the key in the 'keys' table.
+       - name: resource_name
+         dtype: text
+         doc: The name of the online resource (i.e. website, database) that has the entity
+       - name: resource_id
+         dtype: text
+         doc: The unique identifier for the resource entity at the resource
+       - name: uri
+         dtype: text
+         doc: The URI for the resource entity this reference applies to. This can be an empty string.
+      dims:
+      - num_rows
+      shape:
+      - null
+
+    - data_type_inc: Data
+      name: objects
+      doc: A table for identifying which objects in a file contain references to external resources
+      dtype:
+       - name: object_id
+         dtype: text
+         doc: The UUID for the object
+       - name: field
+         dtype: text
+         doc: The field of the object. This can be an empty string if the object is a dataset and the field is the dataset values.
+      dims:
+      - num_rows
+      shape:
+      - null
+
+    - data_type_inc: Data
+      name: object_keys
+      doc: A table for identifying which objects use which keys
+      dtype:
+       - name: objecttable_idx
+         dtype: uint
+         doc: The index to the 'objects' table for the object that holds the key
+       - name: keytable_idx
+         dtype: uint
+         doc: The index to the 'keys' table for the key
+      dims:
+      - num_rows
+      shape:
+      - null