From 97bd72bea1f429b2a110e015c970ae6572fc228b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joe Flack Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2024 21:18:41 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Update spec.md - Add: Subsection in TSV subsection about entity reference validity. --- src/docs/spec.md | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/src/docs/spec.md b/src/docs/spec.md index 7d275297..92d21ebd 100644 --- a/src/docs/spec.md +++ b/src/docs/spec.md @@ -362,6 +362,8 @@ This precludes spurious diffs in a git setting, which is an important concern fo Note that only metadata elements permissible in a global context (G, or L/G) can be used in the metadata-file. +**Entity references**: All identifiers in a SSSOM/TSV file (both in the metadata section and in the TSV columns) MUST be in CURIE form. The use of full-length identifiers is officially not supported. + We recommend to use the following *filename conventions* for SSSOM metadatafiles: - TSV files should have the extension `.sssom.tsv`, for example: `mp-hp-exact-0.0.1.sssom.tsv`.