Improved prototype

Improved version, now including templates for documentation.

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New Feature

• Added 'doc' directory with templates for documentation resources.

Improved prototype

Improved version based on feedback from application in a real use case.

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New Features

• Roles template supporting the definition of roles of people and objects in the processes modelled by the extension.
• Support for additional annotation properties:
  • dc:date (http://purl.org/dc/terms/date)
  • dc:source (http://purl.org/dc/terms/source)

Minor Improvements

• SPLIT statement for dataset members in datasets template.

Bug fix and new features

Fixes a bug in the previous version.

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Critical fixes

• Output file no longer contains the core ontology and dependencies while the -f option is not set.

New features

• Annotations are specified at the head of the script for easier editing. Multiple creators and contributors can be specified as arrays to receive individual XML statements in the output file.
• A verbose mode can be toggled with the -v option. In verbose mode the script renders information about current processes. This can be helpful in debugging.

Improved prototype

Improved version after application in a real use case.

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• Improved usability by reduction of required user interactions with the bash script (#18).
• Better support for extensions with multiple dependencies (#15).
• Improved support for sorting context in the template for value specifications (#14).
• New column 'associated axioms' in the template for value specifications (#16).
• Improved column header for target material in specimen specifications in the template for study designs (#17).
• Templates now contain language tags (#13).
• Documentation in README file.

First fully functional prototype

This is the first version of the template capable of creating an entire RDFBones ontology extensions. It works with the example data entered into the templates but has not yet been tested on a real use case.