feat(metadata): display set split rules as shareable JSON, safe to compile from an untrusted source

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This PR is standalone. This description has no OHIF_REF: line, on purpose. OHIF Downstream Validation therefore runs against Viewers master, which is a released OHIF, and not a branch. Base OHIF imports only one item from this package (utilities), and this PR does not change utilities. A downstream branch is therefore not necessary.

This PR changes three exports that main already has. groupInstancesBySplitRules, splitImageIdsBySplitRules and defaultDisplaySetSplitRules now use a rule set that is keyed by rule id, and not an ordered array (see §2). The public index.ts diff removes no lines, but a caller of these three exports outside OHIF must change. The split-rule API is new and has no users yet, so this PR does not keep the array form.

OHIF/Viewers#6137 is the downstream adopter, and that PR depends on a release of this PR. The dependency goes one way only, on purpose. A pin from this PR to that branch gives two PRs that you can only validate together, and then neither PR can merge.

The University of Calgary (UCalgary) funded this work.

Try the examples

The preview/docs check deploys the documentation and the examples of this PR to pr-2861--cornerstone-3d-docs.netlify.app. Netlify uses the PR number in the name of the deploy, so these links stay the same for each new commit:

• Display Set Rules: the rules as data. Turn a rule off, change a priority, or paste, open or fetch a JSON rule set. The example then splits the series again (see The example is the proof).
• Display Sets: the default rules split each series into display sets, and each display set gets its own viewport.
• The examples index lists both examples under "Basic usage".

If a link does not open, the deploy of the latest commit is not complete. The preview/docs check of this PR shows the status of the deploy.

Display set split rules become data. A deployment authors the rules one time, shares the rules across the wire, and compiles them safely from JSON that the deployment did not write.

Every other change in this PR supports that result. Two consumers need the rules that decide how a series becomes display sets: a server that builds a study index, and a viewer that splits a loaded series. The two consumers must agree. If they do not agree, the display sets that the server reports are not the display sets that the client builds. Today each consumer re-implements the rules in code. With the rules as data, and with one compiler, both consumers read the same selector, and neither consumer redefines the rules.

This result needs one more property. A selector can arrive from a source that you do not control: a config file, an HTTP response, the customization layer of an application, or a URL parameter. The compiler must accept such a selector without trust in its author.

// The default rules, as pure JSON — no functions anywhere in it.
const selectorJson = JSON.stringify(rawDisplaySetSelector);

// A server ships it; a client compiles the identical rules from it.
const splitRules = createDisplaySetSplitRules(JSON.parse(selectorJson));

// A deployment edits the shared rules by id, and not by position.
const siteRules = createDisplaySetSplitRules({
  ...JSON.parse(selectorJson),
  usClips: { priority: -1, matches: "Modality === 'US'", runBy: { condition: { attribute: 'NumberOfFrames', greaterThan: 1 } } },
  wholeslide: { ...JSON.parse(selectorJson).wholeslide, priority: null },
});

What had to be true first

Requirement	What it took
A compiler must not execute the code of the author of untrusted JSON	A closed vocabulary and a parser, and never eval
A deployment must be able to edit a shared selector, and keep what the selector built	Rules keyed by id and ordered by priority, and split keys that do not depend on a position
Data must be able to say what the hand-written rules said	runBy, series facts, substring tests, templates, joins
A rule set that claims nothing must not lose the object	The catch-all rule reports the object, and does not drop it
The vocabulary is not specific to display sets	Extracted, so hanging protocols can share the same guarantee
Two consumers of one selector must agree on the instance order, and not only on the groups	The host sets the order one time, for every rule

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1. Safe to compile from unknown JSON

The package holds no eval, no new Function, and no other path from selector data to executed code. Both forms of the vocabulary work under a CSP.

The structural form compiles predicates from a closed set of operators only: attribute tests, boolean composition, buckets, joins and templates. A template substitutes values, and does nothing else. A template holds no expression syntax.

The expression form is a small, safe subset of JavaScript. The tokenizer and the parser produce an AST, and the compiler then produces a tree of closures:

matches: "Modality === 'CT' && Rows > 256"
matches: { expression: "Modality in ['CR', 'DX', 'MG']" }
groupBy: ['SeriesInstanceUID', { expression: "Rows > 2000 ? 'big' : 'small'" }]

The safety properties are the purpose of this form:

• The parser rejects __proto__, prototype and constructor at parse time. An expression therefore cannot reach the prototype chain.
• Only a fixed set of helper functions is callable: defined, includes, startsWith, endsWith, abs, min, max, round, floor, ceil, Number and String, and the aggregates some, every, count, minOf, maxOf and sumOf. alert(1) and a.toString() are syntax errors, and not runtime errors.
• An unknown identifier evaluates to undefined, and the compiled function does not throw. This behaviour makes the sparse DICOM tags usable (DiffusionBValue != undefined).
• Loose equality covers the useful cases only: null and undefined are equal, and the compiler coerces between a number and a string. The full JS == table does not apply.
• The compiler fails early. A malformed selector throws at compile time, and the message quotes the fragment that is wrong. The compiler does not fail in the middle of a split. Compile the selector at setup, and a bad selector then fails at startup.

The compiler is strict, and one table defines what it accepts. splitRuleSchema (exported) defines every place in a rule where data becomes a function: the forms that the place accepts, the keys of each form, and the arguments that the compiled function gets. For example, matches gets (instance, context) and returns a boolean, and compareInstances gets (a, b, context) and returns a number. The compiler reads this table. It does not hold separate checks.

• An unknown key is a compile error, anywhere in the rule. The message names the rule, the path, and the allowed keys: rule 'r': unknown field 'matchs'; allowed: id, priority, description, viewportTypes, series, matches, groupBy, runBy, compareInstances, customAttributes.
• A form that the place does not accept is a compile error, and the message lists the accepted forms and the call signature: rule 'r'.compareInstances: unrecognized comparator; expected { attribute, number?, descending? }, { expression } called with (a, b, context), or a function (a, b, context) => number.
• A * key accepts any key. customAttributes.set.* keeps each value as a literal, and customAttributes.fromFirstInstance.* compiles each value.
• Each expression place declares its variables. In matches, groupBy, runBy, a series fact and fromFirstInstance, a bare name reads an attribute of the instance. A compareInstances expression reads only a, b and context, so SliceLocation - b.SliceLocation is a compile error: 'SliceLocation' is not a parameter. compileExpression has a new implicitScope option for this.
• A function is still accepted at every place, also inside all, any and not, so a host can mix data and code.

Before this change, the compiler accepted a key that it did not know, and ignored it. A typo in matches therefore gave a rule without matches, and that rule claimed every instance. An extra key such as ignoreCase on equals did nothing.

Two items stay the responsibility of the host. This PR documents both items, and no longer leaves them implicit:

• A named extension is a name that the host chose to expose. A selector that references { classifier: 'siteProtocol' } gets the classifier that the host registered under that name. If the host registered nothing, compilation throws. A selector cannot introduce a function. A selector can only request a function by name.
• The shape of the subject limits what a rule can read. A rule that references an attribute that the host does not supply compiles correctly, and then matches nothing. That defect took a long time to find during this work, so this PR writes the rule down. collectIdentifiers now reports the attributes that an expression reads, and it is the fastest way to find a misspelled attribute:

collectIdentifiers(parseExpressionSource("Modality === 'CT' && Rows > 512"));
// ['Modality', 'Rows']   — only the root of a member chain is a scope lookup

compileExpression accepts no list of permitted identifiers, and rejects no identifier. That is a decision. An earlier revision of this PR added such a list, and the list was wrong for two reasons:

• The subject is open-ended at runtime. A naturalized instance carries private tags, vendor additions, and per-frame data that the naturalizer folds in. No dictionary lists all of these attributes, so a check against a dictionary rejects expressions that work.
• The compiler runs where the list is not available. compileCondition and compileValue compile the expressions of a selector. The marker of an application, such as $function in OHIF, compiles at customization-read time. None of these places knows the shape of the subject that the rule reads later.

A false rejection stops a deployment, and a silent no-match only confuses one person. The check therefore belongs to the party that knows the contents of the subject. That party can build the check with collectIdentifiers in two lines.

I wrote the expression language on the OHIF branch, where it supports the $function customization marker. The language now lives here, as the single copy. OHIF/Viewers#6137 deletes the OHIF copy, and imports compileExpression from this package. The language belongs on this side for three reasons: the language exists to express split rules; both sides of the wire must compile the same rules; and a copy that only the viewer holds cannot serve a server that builds an index. Two copies also give a fourth problem. A person who hardens one copy can miss the other copy, and nothing reports the difference.

2. A shared selector must survive an edit

A deployment shares a selector, and then edits the selector. Every durable value that derives from the split must survive that edit. Before this PR, those values did not survive it.

buildSplitKey gave every key the namespace ${ruleIndex}:${splitRule.id ?? ''}. When a person inserted a rule, or moved a rule, the key of every group from every rule below that rule changed. The index was a defence against duplicate ids, which is reasonable. The dependency on the position looks harmless while the key supplies a session-scoped identity only.

The dependency is not harmless when a deployment edits the selector, and a server indexes a study with it. One new rule at the front of the list invalidates every persisted annotation, every saved layout, and every published display set identifier. The split did not change. Only the numbers changed.

Now: the rules are a SplitRuleSet, which is an object keyed by rule id. The key is the discriminator. Each rule has a priority:

• The engine tries the rules in ascending priority, and the first rule that matches wins.
• Two rules with the same priority run in id order. The order therefore does not depend on the order of the keys.
• A priority of null excludes the rule.
• The default rules use the priorities 1..n. A rule with a priority below 0 runs before every default rule.

The keyed form removes the duplicate-id problem, and does not only detect it. A deployment usually builds a rule set from layers: the defaults, then the overrides of the deployment, then the overrides of a mode. An array merge can add a second rule with an id that is already present. A key cannot occur twice, so a layer replaces a rule, moves a rule (priority), or excludes a rule (null) by its id. resolveSplitRuleSet returns the rules in evaluation order, and validateSplitRuleSetEntry checks one entry. An entry with an id that differs from its key, or with a priority that is neither null nor a finite number, throws.

rawDisplaySetSelector uses the same keyed form. createDisplaySetSplitRules compiles a keyed selector into a keyed SplitRuleSet with the same keys and priorities. It compiles and keeps an excluded entry, so a later layer can include that entry again.

A run of a runBy rule (§3) is keyed by its first instance, and not by its run number. A run number shifts for every later run when a new run appears earlier in the series. A key that holds the run number therefore names a different run after new instances arrive.

The priority still controls the output order: the engine sorts the groups by the rule that produced them, then by key, then by the position of the run in the series. The key does not depend on a position.

That sort is now numeric-aware, and it does not depend on the environment. The sort does not use localeCompare, for two reasons. The collation data of localeCompare differs between hosts, so two machines can order the same keys differently. With { numeric: true }, localeCompare also reports equality for two keys that differ only in zero padding. The stability of Array.sort then returns the input-order dependence that this module must prevent.

A rule can name the group of related rules that it belongs to. A rule can have a groupId, and a reader defaults a missing groupId to the rule id. Several rules can make one kind of display set, for example breast tomosynthesis, legacy mammography with all its views in one series, and mammography that the modality already split. The three rules can share one groupId, so a reader such as a hanging protocol recognizes their display sets as one kind. The group id does not change the split: groups and split keys stay per rule id.

3. Expressive enough to replace the code it replaces

"As data" is only an improvement when the data can say what the functions said. If the data cannot, then sites continue to write functions, and the selector never travels.

SplitRule.runBy is the case that made this work necessary. An ultrasound series can alternate stills and clips: img1 img2 img3 clip4 img5 clip6. That series must become four display sets, and groupBy cannot express the result. The extractors of groupBy see one instance at a time, so they cannot separate img3 from img5. A group on NumberOfFrames > 1 merges img1 to img3 with img5. A group on InstanceNumber splits the first three images too far. runBy declares what defines a run, and the evaluator makes the pass over the series in advance. The sequence single single single clip single clip therefore gives four runs. The key of each run holds the SOPInstanceUID of the first instance of the run (§2).

The engine computes the runs in the order of the rule. That order is acquisition order (InstanceNumber, then SOPInstanceUID) unless the host or the rule declares another order — see §6. The engine does not use the input order of the caller. The engine also uses only the instances that the rule claimed: an instance that an earlier rule claimed does not join a later run, and does not interrupt one.

This section also adds four items, all for the same reason:

• series facts ({ seriesFact }, with the scopes first, every, some and mixed), for a question that no single instance can answer;
• substring tests (contains and containsAny), because site rules use free-text descriptions that no equality test matches;
• templates and join, for a group key that needs several attributes;
• a description on every rule, so a UI explains a rule from the selector, and does not hold a second copy of the text.

4. Nothing disappears

A selector from another source can claim less than you expect. Before this PR, several objects matched no rule and disappeared without a message: a SEG, an RTSTRUCT, an SR, a presentation state, and an image whose Rows had not arrived.

The catch-all rule, unsupported, now produces a display set that carries isDisplayable: false and the sopClassUids of the object. An application can therefore list the series, and report what the object is. The application does not lose the object. The example does not let you exclude this rule, for the same reason.

unsupported has the highest default priority (9), and it claims every instance that is left. A fallback rule must therefore have a priority between defaultImageRule (8) and unsupported, for example 8.5. A rule set can also exclude unsupported with priority: null. The onUnmatched callback then reports each object that no rule claims.

5. The vocabulary is not about display sets

The conditions and the values compile tests over a subject object. Nothing in them is about display sets. They now live in metadata/src/safeFunctions. rawDisplaySetSelector.js keeps only what belongs to it: the rule shape (matches, groupBy, runBy, series and customAttributes), the built-in instance classifiers, and the default rules.

Other features want the same safe-load guarantee. The hanging protocol code has a parallel vocabulary of comparators and validators today. A deployment that expresses "CT with more than 512 rows" therefore writes the test twice, in two syntaxes, with two sets of edge cases. Only one of the two syntaxes loads safely from JSON.

6. The host owns the instance order

The groups were shareable, and the order was not. A rule could declare compareInstances. But the default order — the order that applies when no rule declares one — came from the caller of the engine. Two consumers of one selector could therefore order the same display set differently, and both consumers looked correct: a viewer can sort the slices by position, and a server can sort them by instance number. That is the same problem that the data rules remove, at the level of the instance order.

The order now has three layers, and each layer defers to the layer below it:

1. Acquisition order. The engine applies this order first, always. The engine never uses the input order of the caller, so no part of the result depends on the sequence in which the imageIds arrived.
2. The base sort of the host, GroupInstancesOptions.sortInstances. This hook sorts a whole list, and it is not a comparator. A real base order is not always pairwise. An order along the scan axis must select a reference instance, and must then project the other instances onto the normal of that instance. No (a, b) function expresses that operation. This is the exact shape of the default sort in OHIF, and it is the reason that a comparator-only hook cannot carry that sort.
3. Comparators. The engine consults compareInstances of the rule first, and then the default comparator of the host.

The change in meaning is the useful part. A comparator that returns 0 declines to have an opinion. The comparator does not state that the two instances are equal. The engine consults the next comparator. If no comparator has an opinion, the base order holds, because the sort is stable. A rule can therefore order by one attribute, and leave the rest of the order alone. The rule does not restate the default that it does not want to change. A NaN result also counts as no opinion, and arithmetic on a tag that one instance does not carry produces a NaN.

orderInstancesForRule exposes the complete composition as one function. A host can therefore reproduce the order outside a split, for example after new instances arrive for a display set that the host already built. The order has one implementation, and not two. That matters, because two implementations gave a real defect: OHIF/Viewers#6137 computed the order of a rule, and then sorted the list again from the start, and discarded the order of the rule.

The order must use the series facts that the split used. A rule computes its series facts from every instance that the split receives, and a comparator can read those facts through context.series. Facts that a host computes again from one display set can differ. For example, a "this series mixes b-values" fact is true for the series, and false for each half after the split. Each InstanceGroup therefore carries series, the facts of its rule for that split. orderInstancesForRule(instances, rule, { series: group.series }) then gives the order that the split gave. Without series, the function computes the facts from instances only.

When the host supplies no options, the final tie-break is still acquisition order. A comparator that a rule declares therefore behaves as before. The eight compareInstances tests that this branch already had pass without a change. Two of those tests cover an incomplete comparator, and a comparator that returns NaN. groupInstancesBySplitRules accepts the options as a fourth parameter, and splitImageIdsBySplitRules forwards them.

The example is the proof

packages/core/examples/displaySetRules runs the complete loop. Open the deployed example to try it. The example lists every standard rule in priority order, with its priority, its description and a checkbox. A cleared checkbox sets the priority of the rule to null. You can paste a keyed rule set as JSON, a single rule that has an id, or a $set or $merge customization command. The example merges your rules over the standard rules by key, so a rule with a standard id replaces that rule. You can open a rule file from disk. You can also fetch a rule set that the server hosts. The example then splits the series again, live, with one viewport per display set. The last option demonstrates the purpose of this PR in one step: the example reads JSON from an HTTP endpoint, compiles the JSON, and runs the result.

Defects that this work found

voiLUTFunction lost all characters except the first one. createImage read voiLUTFunction[0], but the loader delivers the single-valued VOILUTFunction as a string, so 'SIGMOID' became 'S' and the image did not render. createImage now reads utilities.asArray(voiLUTFunction)[0], which gives the first item of an array or the single value.

A rule can only key on the data that the host feeds to the splitter. The demo helper passed metaData.get('instance', …). The module list of that call covers pixel data, VOI data and series data, and covers no positional attribute: it has no ImageLaterality, no ViewPosition, no PatientOrientation and no ViewCodeSequence. A rule that splits mammography by view therefore compiled correctly, matched every instance, and produced one display set in place of four. Nothing reported an error. The helper now reads the typed INSTANCE module, which is the naturalized instance with the per-frame data folded in. This defect is the "the shape of the subject is a contract" point from §1, and I found it the slow way.

The merge helper of the demo rejected the rule form that OHIF uses. applyCustomizationUpdate copies hasDollarKey from OHIF, and copies its exemptions for read-time markers. But the helper knew only $transform and $reference, and OHIF has since added $function. { matches: { $function: "Modality === 'CT'" } } is a value to OHIF. The helper read that value as a merge spec, and immutability-helper then threw on the unknown $function command. A person could not paste a selector from a deployment into the example, and that ability is the purpose of the shared data form. The exemptions are now a named set, with the reason beside them, so the next cleanup does not remove the exemption again.

A structured read followed the prototype chain. { seriesFact: 'constructor' } was true, and { attribute: 'toString', exists: true } was true for an instance without that attribute. A selector can come from JSON that you did not write, so a name that collides with a prototype member gave a wrong result without an error. The structured forms now read attributes and series facts as own properties only. A bare name inside an expression can still read a prototype member, for example toString. That is a small follow-up.

createDisplaySetFromGroup chose the display set class before customAttributes ran. A rule can replace viewportTypes through customAttributes. The class and its imageIds then described the old viewport types, and isDisplayable described the new ones. The function now runs customAttributes first, and builds the class from the resulting viewportTypes.

The example applied a stored layout to a different display set. The example stores a layout that the user picks by displaySetId, and that id is positional. After a rule toggle, the same id can name a different display set, and a stored volume layout on a one-image stack did not mount. The example now uses a stored layout only when the display set still offers it.

The examples page did not list the display set examples. The build deployed displaySets and displaySetRules, but utils/ExampleRunner/example-info.json did not list them. The examples page therefore had no link to either example. Both examples are now in the "Basic usage" category.

Not included

• No default rule uses runBy, and no default rule is written as an expression. Both changes alter the behaviour for data that exists today. They need separate PRs.
• createDisplaySetFromGroup still derives displaySetId from a position (${SeriesInstanceUID}:${splitNumber}). A consumer that needs a durable identity must derive the identity from splitKey, which this PR makes stable.
• No identifier validation. See §1: the subject is not enumerable in advance, and the compiler does not run where such a list is available. This PR supplies collectIdentifiers, so a host that can enumerate its subject builds the check that it wants.
• A selector cannot carry its sort as data yet. The host passes the order in (§6). The data form comes later, and it will compile to these same hooks, so the owner of the order does not change again. The raw form of compareInstances is one attribute ({ attribute, number, descending }) or one expression over (a, b, context).
• No attribute policy. A policy that stops a rule from computing a given attribute (for example a label that holds PatientName) is deferred work.
• No numeric series facts. A raw series fact is true or false. A rule therefore cannot compare an instance with a value that the whole series gives, such as the lowest InstanceNumber.

Tests

295 tests pass in the metadata package, and tsc --noEmit reports no error.

• Strictness — 44 tests. They cover the schema table (its fields, call signatures and scopes, and that it is frozen), an unknown key at each level, every rejected form, the wildcards, the three comparator forms, a function at every place, the implicitScope option, own-property reads, and the viewportTypes order in createDisplaySetFromGroup.

• Safety — 28 expression tests. They cover the grammar, the precedence, the rejection of prototype access, identifiers that are not callable, and unknown identifiers as undefined. Six of the 28 tests cover collectIdentifiers:

  • the roots of a member chain only;
  • no helper callees;
  • full reach into templates, ternaries and arrays;
  • a check for an unknown attribute that a host builds from the function.

  Validation tests prove that four errors all fail at compile time: an unknown classifier, a bad operator, an unrecognized condition, and a malformed expression. The message names the fragment in each case.

• Shareability — the selector survives a JSON round trip, and compiles to identical splits and identical keys. Every default rule has a unique id.

• Rule sets and key stability — a new rule leaves the keys of the other rules unchanged. Priorities set the evaluation order, equal priorities run in id order, and null excludes a rule. An invalid entry throws, also for an empty series. A new run that appears earlier in the series does not change the keys of the later runs. The output order is numeric-aware, and does not depend on the input order.

• Expressiveness — runBy over interleaved ultrasound stills and clips, with runs scoped per bucket and per rule. Every default rule has a behaviour test. Five tests cover rules that a deployment writes as expressions.

• Instance order — 11 tests. They cover:

  • the base sort of the host, applied per rule;
  • the context that names the rule to the base sort;
  • precedence of the rule over the host;
  • fall-through to the base order for both 0 and NaN;
  • independence from the input order;
  • run numbers that follow the order of the host;
  • agreement between orderInstancesForRule and the engine;
  • the series facts on each group, and orderInstancesForRule with and without those facts.

Test the example with a rule file and with your own data

The Display Set Rules example has three more ways to test a rule set.

A mammography rule set comes with the example. packages/core/examples/displaySetRules/mammoViewSplit.json splits one MG series into RCC, RMLO, LCC and LMLO. The rule has priority -1, so it runs before singleImageModality. The example loads the file with new URL('./mammoViewSplit.json', import.meta.url). The build then writes the file next to the example, and the deployed example fetches the file by URL, as it fetches a rule set that a server hosts. The "Server-side rule set" field holds that URL by default. To test the file:

1. Select the MG series.
2. Push Load.
3. Make sure that the example shows four display sets: RCC, RMLO, LCC and LMLO.

The build keeps the file name. The example rules of the build (utils/ExampleRunner/rules-examples.js) now give a JSON file that an example loads by URL its own name, and not a content hash. A JSON import still puts the data into the bundle. All examples use one output directory. If two examples write different files with the same name, the build fails with an asset conflict.

You can upload DICOM files. The example has two pickers: Upload DICOM files and Upload a folder. The example loads each file through the dicomfile: loader. It then adds one entry to the Series list for each SeriesInstanceUID in the upload, and opens the first new series. The rules, the checkboxes and the rule loader work on an uploaded series in the same way as on a hosted series. The example reads and decodes every file at upload time, so upload one series folder and not a full study.

The example skips a file that has no DICM marker at byte 128, and the status line names each skipped file. This check is necessary. A folder of one DWI download holds a JPEG file. The JPEG failed in the loader, and after that failure the example showed no image from the folder. The cause is in loadAndCacheImage: it gives the same promise to the image cache, and the cache throws the load error again, and nothing catches that second error. This PR does not change that core behaviour.

Test the b-value split with a DWI series. The rule editor has a sample, "DWI: one display set per b-value". The sample is the raw form of the OHIF dwiByBValue customization, without the $merge wrapper. The example page also shows these steps under "Testing with a DWI series".

1. Download the DWI study that the submitter attached to OHIF/Viewers#5530 (study zip).
2. Use Upload a folder, and select the folder of the series "Ax DWI ALL b1000".
3. Look at the display sets that the standard rules make.
4. Select the sample "DWI: one display set per b-value", and push Add rule.
5. Make sure that the example shows two display sets:
   • dwiByBValue with 32 images at b=1000, in SliceLocation order.
   • one display set for the 32 images that have no DiffusionBValue.
6. Clear the dwiByBValue checkbox, and compare the result with the standard split.

The series "Ax DWI ALL b1000" has 64 images. The 32 images at b=1000 have DiffusionBValue (0018,9087). The 32 images at b=0 have the b-value only in the GE private tag (0043,1039). The standard mixedDimensionalityBValue rule therefore gets the b=0 images. A unit test that I did not commit ran the sample rule on 64 instances with this shape, and got the same two groups. The submitter did not give a license for the study. This PR therefore does not add the study to a test server.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features

  • Added configurable, safe display-set rules with custom classifiers, attributes, grouping, run splitting, and instance ordering.
  • Added support for identifying non-renderable display sets and displaying their metadata without assigning viewports.
  • Added reusable safe-expression tools for conditions, values, templates, and validation.
  • Added a comprehensive display-set rules demonstration with editing, import/export, and viewport rendering controls.

• Bug Fixes

  • Corrected handling of string-valued VOI LUT metadata.

• Documentation

  • Expanded guidance for display-set rules, safe expressions, unsupported objects, and instance ordering.

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Walkthrough

Display-set processing now supports safe declarative selectors, deterministic ordering and grouping, non-displayable display sets, customizable demos, and public safe-function APIs. Tests and documentation cover compilation, expression safety, run partitioning, rendering, and customization behavior.

Changes

Display-set rules and safe compilation

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Safe-function vocabulary and expression compiler packages/metadata/src/safeFunctions/*, packages/docs/docs/concepts/safe-functions.md	Serializable conditions and values compile into guarded predicates and value readers. The expression language supports operators, templates, aggregates, helpers, validation, and identifier collection.
Raw selector contract and compiler packages/metadata/src/displayset/rawDisplaySetSelector*, packages/metadata/src/displayset/defaultDisplaySetSplitRules.ts, packages/metadata/src/displayset/*index.ts	Serializable selectors compile into ordered split rules with matching, grouping, series facts, custom attributes, classifiers, ordering hooks, and validation.
Claimed-instance grouping and deterministic keys packages/metadata/src/displayset/types.ts, packages/metadata/src/displayset/groupInstancesBySplitRules.ts, packages/metadata/src/displayset/splitImageIdsBySplitRules.ts, packages/metadata/src/displayset/displayset.test.ts	Rules claim instances once. Grouping applies acquisition order, host and rule ordering, scoped runs, stable rule keys, structural comparisons, and numeric-aware sorting.
Displayability and unsupported objects packages/metadata/src/displayset/BaseDisplaySet.ts, packages/metadata/src/displayset/IDisplaySet.ts, packages/metadata/src/displayset/createDisplaySetFromGroup.ts, packages/metadata/src/displayset/viewportTypes.ts, packages/metadata/src/displayset/isImageInstance.ts	Display sets expose isDisplayable and SOP class metadata. Unsupported objects use NO_VIEWPORT_TYPE and retain instances without renderable image IDs.
Rule editor, customization, and rendering workflows packages/core/examples/displaySetRules/index.ts, packages/core/examples/displaySets/index.ts, utils/demo/helpers/*, package.json	The examples support selector editing, immutable customization updates, local and server rule loading, custom rule compilation, viewport mounting, non-displayable reporting, and display-set rebuilding.
Documentation and loader integration packages/docs/docs/concepts/cornerstone-metadata/display-sets.md, packages/docs/sidebars.js, packages/dicomImageLoader/src/imageLoader/createImage.ts	Documentation covers raw selector sharing, unsupported objects, ordering, safe functions, and customization. String voiLUTFunction metadata is preserved without array indexing.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant Application
  participant createDisplaySetSplitRules
  participant splitDisplaySetsFromImageIds
  participant groupInstancesBySplitRules
  participant DisplaySet
  participant Viewport
  Application->>createDisplaySetSplitRules: Compile selector and customization data
  createDisplaySetSplitRules->>splitDisplaySetsFromImageIds: Provide compiled split rules
  splitDisplaySetsFromImageIds->>groupInstancesBySplitRules: Group naturalized instances
  groupInstancesBySplitRules->>DisplaySet: Return ordered display sets
  Application->>Viewport: Mount displayable display sets

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packages/metadata/src/displayset/displayset.test.ts (1)

641-661: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Test a plain object run value.

ImageType is an array in this fixture. The test does not cover structural equality for plain object values, despite its title and the runBy contract.

Return a fresh plain object from runBy, such as { imageType: i.ImageType }, for the equal-value cases.

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In `@packages/metadata/src/displayset/displayset.test.ts` around lines 641 - 661,
Update the test “does not start a new run for structurally equal object values”
so runBy returns a fresh plain object containing each instance’s ImageType, such
as an imageType property, instead of returning the ImageType array directly.
Keep the expected grouping unchanged.

packages/metadata/src/displayset/groupInstancesBySplitRules.ts (1)

261-271: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Pin the collation locale so ordering does not vary by environment.

localeCompare with undefined locale resolves to the host default locale and the host ICU data. This module guarantees deterministic output order, so the comparator should not depend on runtime locale configuration. Pass an explicit locale.

♻️ Proposed change

-    return (a.splitKey ?? '').localeCompare(b.splitKey ?? '', undefined, {
+    return (a.splitKey ?? '').localeCompare(b.splitKey ?? '', 'en', {
       numeric: true,
     });

Consider hoisting an Intl.Collator instance outside the comparator as well, since localeCompare constructs a collator on each call and the comparator runs O(n log n) times.

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In `@packages/metadata/src/displayset/groupInstancesBySplitRules.ts` around lines
261 - 271, Update the comparator in the instances sorting flow to use an
explicit, fixed locale instead of passing undefined to localeCompare, ensuring
deterministic splitKey ordering across environments. Hoist an Intl.Collator with
numeric comparison enabled outside the sort callback and reuse it for
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Inline comments:
In `@packages/metadata/src/displayset/displayset.test.ts`:
- Around line 626-639: Update the combines runBy with groupBy test to use
interleaved instances with different Rows values, including at least two
consecutive instances sharing the same runBy result, and adjust the expected
groups assertion to verify those instances remain separate. Keep the test
focused on validating combined runBy and groupBy key generation.
- Around line 599-623: Strengthen the test fixture in the “computes runs over
the instances the rule claimed, ignoring others” case by setting the inserted XA
instance’s NumberOfFrames to a value that makes usRunRule.runBy evaluate true.
Keep it claimed by the earlier XA rule and positioned between consecutive US
single-frame instances, so including earlier-claimed instances would produce
extra run boundaries.

In `@packages/metadata/src/displayset/groupInstancesBySplitRules.ts`:
- Around line 139-154: Update resolveRuleDiscriminators so positional fallback
discriminators participate in collision detection with explicit rule ids,
preventing an id such as “#1” from colliding with an unnamed rule at index 1.
Preserve unique namespacing for every rule discriminator, and account for the
existing splitKey compatibility concern by validating reserved id shapes instead
if changing named-rule key output would break persisted identities.
- Around line 242-258: Sort each completed group’s instances with
compareInstances before groupInstancesBySplitRules returns, preserving the
existing grouping and matched-rule behavior. Add a regression test using
shuffled imageIds that asserts the returned group instances are ordered
correctly without sorting the result in the test.
- Around line 80-93: Update isSameRunValue in
packages/metadata/src/displayset/groupInstancesBySplitRules.ts at lines 80-93 to
normalize plain-object key order before JSON serialization and contain
serialization errors so unserializable runBy results do not escape
groupInstancesBySplitRules. Update the runBy documentation in
packages/metadata/src/displayset/types.ts at lines 146-152 to explicitly define
the comparison as normalized serialization equality and require primitive or
plain JSON-serializable return values.

Apply the same fix in `@packages/metadata/src/displayset/types.ts` around lines
146 - 152: Documents the public equality and ordering contract for runBy values.

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Nitpick comments:
In `@packages/metadata/src/displayset/displayset.test.ts`:
- Around line 641-661: Update the test “does not start a new run for
structurally equal object values” so runBy returns a fresh plain object
containing each instance’s ImageType, such as an imageType property, instead of
returning the ImageType array directly. Keep the expected grouping unchanged.

In `@packages/metadata/src/displayset/groupInstancesBySplitRules.ts`:
- Around line 261-271: Update the comparator in the instances sorting flow to
use an explicit, fixed locale instead of passing undefined to localeCompare,
ensuring deterministic splitKey ordering across environments. Hoist an
Intl.Collator with numeric comparison enabled outside the sort callback and
reuse it for comparisons.

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packages/metadata/src/displayset/types.ts (1)

176-180: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Align the opening runBy sentence with the new ordering rule.

Line 155 still states that the runs are walked "in acquisition order". Lines 176-177 now state that the runs use the rule's own order (compareInstances, defaulting to acquisition order). The two statements conflict for a rule that declares compareInstances. The later text matches buildRunIndex, which sorts each bucket with the rule comparator.

📝 Proposed documentation fix

   /**
    * Optional. Declares that this rule's instances form *runs*: walking the
-   * instances this rule claimed in acquisition order, consecutive instances
-   * whose value here is equal belong to the same run, and a change in value
-   * starts a new one. The run's ordinal is folded into the bucket key, so
+   * instances this rule claimed in this rule's order (see `compareInstances`),
+   * consecutive instances whose value here is equal belong to the same run, and
+   * a change in value starts a new one. The run's ordinal is folded into the
+   * bucket key, so
    * **interleaved kinds separate instead of merging**.

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In `@packages/metadata/src/displayset/types.ts` around lines 176 - 180, Update the
opening runBy documentation to state that runs are traversed in the rule’s own
order, using compareInstances when provided and acquisition order by default;
keep it consistent with buildRunIndex and the later explanatory text.

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In `@packages/metadata/src/displayset/types.ts`:
- Around line 176-180: Update the opening runBy documentation to state that runs
are traversed in the rule’s own order, using compareInstances when provided and
acquisition order by default; keep it consistent with buildRunIndex and the
later explanatory text.

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packages/metadata/src/displayset/IDisplaySet.ts (1)

45-64: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Handle the breaking IDisplaySet type change.

BaseDisplaySet is the only in-repository implementation, but IDisplaySet is exported and this required field breaks external structural implementations. Make isDisplayable optional or release the change with migration guidance and a major version.

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In `@packages/metadata/src/displayset/IDisplaySet.ts` around lines 45 - 64, Make
the new IDisplaySet.isDisplayable property optional to preserve compatibility
with external structural implementations, and update BaseDisplaySet or its
consumers as needed to handle an omitted value without changing existing
displayability behavior.

packages/metadata/src/displayset/rawDisplaySetSelector.js (3)

824-832: 🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Reject duplicate rule ids during compilation.

The compiler rejects a missing id but accepts two rules with the same id. SplitRule.id namespaces every bucket key, and the duplicate check currently runs later, in groupInstancesBySplitRules. That defers a malformed-selector error from setup to split time, which the file's own contract says it avoids ("a malformed selector throws here, at setup, rather than midway through splitting a study").

Add the check next to the existing id validation.

♻️ Proposed fix

   const classifiers = { ...BUILT_IN_CLASSIFIERS, ...options.classifiers };
   const presets = options.customAttributePresets ?? {};
 
+  /** `@type` {Set<string>} */
+  const seenIds = new Set();
+
   return selector.map((rule) => {
     if (!rule || typeof rule !== 'object') {
       invalid('rule must be an object', rule);
     }
     if (!rule.id) {
       // Ids namespace bucket keys, so an unnamed rule would make its display
       // sets' identities depend on its position in the selector.
       invalid('rule requires an id', rule);
     }
+    if (seenIds.has(rule.id)) {
+      // Two rules sharing an id produce colliding bucket keys.
+      invalid(`duplicate rule id "${rule.id}"`, rule);
+    }
+    seenIds.add(rule.id);

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In `@packages/metadata/src/displayset/rawDisplaySetSelector.js` around lines 824 -
832, Update the selector compilation mapping in the rule-validation flow to
track previously seen rule ids and call invalid when a duplicate id is
encountered, next to the existing missing-id validation. Ensure duplicate ids
are rejected during setup while preserving validation of each rule’s object
shape and required id.

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859-872: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

The compiled comparator ignores number and silently drops non-numeric ordering.

compareInstances always reads both values through toFinite. Two consequences:

• The declared number?: true flag has no effect, so a selector author cannot tell from behaviour whether it is required.
• An author who orders by a non-numeric attribute (for example AcquisitionTime as a string, or SOPInstanceUID) gets undefined on both sides, a returned 0, and a silent fall back to acquisition order with no error.

Either compile a string comparison when number is absent, or reject a compareInstances without number: true so the limitation is reported at compile time.

♻️ Proposed fix: compare as strings when `number` is not requested

     if (rule.compareInstances) {
-      const { attribute, descending } = rule.compareInstances;
+      const { attribute, descending, number } = rule.compareInstances;
       const direction = descending ? -1 : 1;
       compiled.compareInstances = (a, b) => {
+        if (number !== true) {
+          const aRaw = a[attribute];
+          const bRaw = b[attribute];
+          if (isAbsent(aRaw) || isAbsent(bRaw)) {
+            return 0;
+          }
+          return String(aRaw).localeCompare(String(bRaw)) * direction;
+        }
         const aValue = toFinite(a[attribute]);
         const bValue = toFinite(b[attribute]);

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In `@packages/metadata/src/displayset/rawDisplaySetSelector.js` around lines 859 -
872, Update the compareInstances compilation around rule.compareInstances so the
number flag controls comparison mode: retain toFinite-based ordering only when
number is true, and otherwise compare the attribute values as strings while
preserving descending direction and missing-value tie behavior. Ensure
non-numeric attributes such as AcquisitionTime or SOPInstanceUID no longer
silently fall back because both values become undefined.

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462-481: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Multi-valued attributes read differently across operators.

equals, notEquals, in, and notIn compare only value[0]. contains and containsAny join every element with a space, so a needle can also match across an element boundary. A selector author cannot predict from the vocabulary which behaviour applies.

Consider documenting the join in RawCondition.contains in packages/metadata/src/displayset/rawDisplaySetSelectorTypes.ts, or testing each element separately.

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In `@packages/metadata/src/displayset/rawDisplaySetSelector.js` around lines 462 -
481, The contains and containsAny handling in the selector builder currently
joins array values, allowing matches across element boundaries unlike equals,
notEquals, in, and notIn. Update the contains/containsAny predicate to test each
array element independently while preserving scalar handling and ignoreCase
normalization; alternatively, document the join behavior in
RawCondition.contains if that is the intended contract.

packages/core/examples/displaySetRules/index.ts (1)

477-485: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

The rule list ignores applied merge commands.

renderRules renders addedRules plus the unmodified rawDisplaySetSelector. buildSelector applies mergeCommands on top. After a user applies the $filter sample that rewrites volume3d.viewportTypes, the panel still shows the original viewports: metadata. The panel then describes a selector that is not the one being compiled.

Render the list from the merged selector, and keep the disable filter separate so unticked rules stay visible.

♻️ Proposed refactor

+/** The standard rules after merge commands, ignoring the disable filter. */
+function mergedStandardRules(): RawSplitRule[] {
+  let rules: RawSplitRule[] = [...addedRules, ...rawDisplaySetSelector];
+  for (const command of mergeCommands) {
+    rules = applyCustomizationUpdate(rules, command);
+  }
+  return rules;
+}
+
 function renderRules() {
   rulesList.replaceChildren();
-  for (const rule of addedRules) {
-    rulesList.appendChild(ruleRow(rule, 'added'));
-  }
-  for (const rule of rawDisplaySetSelector) {
-    rulesList.appendChild(ruleRow(rule, 'standard'));
-  }
+  const addedIds = new Set(addedRules.map((rule) => rule.id));
+  for (const rule of mergedStandardRules()) {
+    rulesList.appendChild(
+      ruleRow(rule, addedIds.has(rule.id) ? 'added' : 'standard')
+    );
+  }
 }

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In `@packages/core/examples/displaySetRules/index.ts` around lines 477 - 485,
Update renderRules to display rules from the selector after mergeCommands are
applied, matching the selector compiled by buildSelector, while keeping the
disable filter separate so unchecked rules remain visible. Preserve the
addedRules rendering and use the existing merged-selector flow rather than
rawDisplaySetSelector for standard rules.

utils/demo/helpers/splitDisplaySetsFromImageIds.ts (1)

141-159: 🚀 Performance & Scalability | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Naturalize each imageId once per split instead of once per group.

collectFrameImageIdsForGroup naturalizes every entry of seriesImageIds, and splitDisplaySetsFromImageIds calls it once per group. The cost is therefore groups × frames provider lookups, on top of the pass in getInstanceLevelImageIds. The rules example re-splits on every checkbox toggle, so this cost is now paid on each interaction with a large multiframe series.

Build one SOPInstanceUID → frame imageIds map per split, then index it per group.

♻️ Proposed refactor

-function collectFrameImageIdsForGroup(
-  seriesImageIds: string[],
-  groupInstances: NaturalizedInstance[]
-): string[] {
-  const sopUids = new Set(
-    groupInstances
-      .map((instance) => instance.SOPInstanceUID)
-      .filter(Boolean) as string[]
-  );
-
-  if (!sopUids.size) {
-    return seriesImageIds;
-  }
-
-  return seriesImageIds.filter((imageId) => {
-    const instance = getNaturalizedInstanceForDisplaySetSplit(imageId);
-    return instance?.SOPInstanceUID && sopUids.has(instance.SOPInstanceUID);
-  });
-}
+/** Frame-level imageIds indexed by SOPInstanceUID, built once per split. */
+function indexFrameImageIdsBySopUid(
+  seriesImageIds: string[]
+): Map<string, string[]> {
+  const bySop = new Map<string, string[]>();
+  for (const imageId of seriesImageIds) {
+    const sopUid =
+      getNaturalizedInstanceForDisplaySetSplit(imageId)?.SOPInstanceUID;
+    if (!sopUid) {
+      continue;
+    }
+    const existing = bySop.get(sopUid as string);
+    if (existing) {
+      existing.push(imageId);
+    } else {
+      bySop.set(sopUid as string, [imageId]);
+    }
+  }
+  return bySop;
+}
+
+function collectFrameImageIdsForGroup(
+  seriesImageIds: string[],
+  groupInstances: NaturalizedInstance[],
+  frameImageIdsBySopUid: Map<string, string[]>
+): string[] {
+  const collected: string[] = [];
+  for (const instance of groupInstances) {
+    const sopUid = instance.SOPInstanceUID as string | undefined;
+    if (!sopUid) {
+      continue;
+    }
+    collected.push(...(frameImageIdsBySopUid.get(sopUid) ?? []));
+  }
+  return collected.length ? collected : seriesImageIds;
+}

Then thread the index through the split:

   const groups = splitImageIdsBySplitRules(instanceLevelImageIds, {
     getNaturalizedInstance: getNaturalizedInstanceForDisplaySetSplit,
     splitRules,
   });
 
+  const frameImageIdsBySopUid = indexFrameImageIdsBySopUid(seriesImageIds);
+
   return groups.map((group, splitNumber) =>
     createDisplaySetFromGroup(group, {
       splitNumber,
-      imageIds: collectFrameImageIdsForGroup(seriesImageIds, group.instances),
+      imageIds: collectFrameImageIdsForGroup(
+        seriesImageIds,
+        group.instances,
+        frameImageIdsBySopUid
+      ),
     })
   );

Note: the original preserved seriesImageIds order. The refactor above orders frames by group instance order. If display order must follow seriesImageIds, sort collected by the original index instead.

Also applies to: 169-178

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In `@utils/demo/helpers/splitDisplaySetsFromImageIds.ts` around lines 141 - 159,
Refactor splitDisplaySetsFromImageIds and collectFrameImageIdsForGroup so each
series imageId is passed through getNaturalizedInstanceForDisplaySetSplit only
once per split, building a SOPInstanceUID-to-frame-imageIds index that each
group reuses. Preserve the existing seriesImageIds ordering when collecting
frames for each group, and retain the current behavior when no SOP instance UIDs
are available.

utils/demo/helpers/applyCustomizationUpdate.ts (1)

1-1: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Isolate the custom command from the default context.

immutability-helper@3.1.1 invokes handlers as (param, nextObject, spec, originalObject); its public extend type exposes only (param, old). Duplicate $filter registration does not throw. The last registration controls every consumer of the default update. If another $filter implementation can load, use a dedicated Context.

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In `@utils/demo/helpers/applyCustomizationUpdate.ts` at line 1, Update the
immutability-helper setup in applyCustomizationUpdate to isolate the custom
$filter command from the default update context. Use a dedicated Context for
registering and invoking the custom command rather than calling the global
extend registration, while preserving the existing customization-update
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- Line 129: Update the helper’s documentation scope statement to identify
immutability-helper@3.1.1 as a root devDependency used only by the
displaySetRules example, and exclude example sources from the published package
scope; do not change the dependency declaration.

In `@packages/core/examples/displaySetRules/index.ts`:
- Around line 1091-1093: Validate the value retrieved from layoutByDisplaySetId
against layoutOptionsFor(displaySet) before assigning it to layout; use the
stored layout only when it is an allowed option for the current display set,
otherwise fall back to defaultLayoutFor(displaySet). Ensure the validated layout
is the one passed to registerDisplaySetData and HINT_TO_VIEWPORT_TYPE.

In `@packages/metadata/src/displayset/createDisplaySetFromGroup.ts`:
- Around line 104-111: Move customAttributes viewportTypes resolution ahead of
the display-set class selection branch, so class choice and imageIds shape use
the final viewportTypes value. Ensure the subsequent preferredViewportType and
isDisplayable calculations use that same resolved value; if custom viewport
types must be excluded, add viewportTypes to RESERVED_ATTRIBUTE_KEYS.

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Nitpick comments:
In `@packages/core/examples/displaySetRules/index.ts`:
- Around line 477-485: Update renderRules to display rules from the selector
after mergeCommands are applied, matching the selector compiled by
buildSelector, while keeping the disable filter separate so unchecked rules
remain visible. Preserve the addedRules rendering and use the existing
merged-selector flow rather than rawDisplaySetSelector for standard rules.

In `@packages/metadata/src/displayset/IDisplaySet.ts`:
- Around line 45-64: Make the new IDisplaySet.isDisplayable property optional to
preserve compatibility with external structural implementations, and update
BaseDisplaySet or its consumers as needed to handle an omitted value without
changing existing displayability behavior.

In `@packages/metadata/src/displayset/rawDisplaySetSelector.js`:
- Around line 824-832: Update the selector compilation mapping in the
rule-validation flow to track previously seen rule ids and call invalid when a
duplicate id is encountered, next to the existing missing-id validation. Ensure
duplicate ids are rejected during setup while preserving validation of each
rule’s object shape and required id.
- Around line 859-872: Update the compareInstances compilation around
rule.compareInstances so the number flag controls comparison mode: retain
toFinite-based ordering only when number is true, and otherwise compare the
attribute values as strings while preserving descending direction and
missing-value tie behavior. Ensure non-numeric attributes such as
AcquisitionTime or SOPInstanceUID no longer silently fall back because both
values become undefined.
- Around line 462-481: The contains and containsAny handling in the selector
builder currently joins array values, allowing matches across element boundaries
unlike equals, notEquals, in, and notIn. Update the contains/containsAny
predicate to test each array element independently while preserving scalar
handling and ignoreCase normalization; alternatively, document the join behavior
in RawCondition.contains if that is the intended contract.

In `@utils/demo/helpers/applyCustomizationUpdate.ts`:
- Line 1: Update the immutability-helper setup in applyCustomizationUpdate to
isolate the custom $filter command from the default update context. Use a
dedicated Context for registering and invoking the custom command rather than
calling the global extend registration, while preserving the existing
customization-update behavior.

In `@utils/demo/helpers/splitDisplaySetsFromImageIds.ts`:
- Around line 141-159: Refactor splitDisplaySetsFromImageIds and
collectFrameImageIdsForGroup so each series imageId is passed through
getNaturalizedInstanceForDisplaySetSplit only once per split, building a
SOPInstanceUID-to-frame-imageIds index that each group reuses. Preserve the
existing seriesImageIds ordering when collecting frames for each group, and
retain the current behavior when no SOP instance UIDs are available.

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packages/metadata/src/safeFunctions/compile.ts (1)

114-127: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Validate operator operands before compiling.

The module contract states that a malformed definition throws at compile time and names the offending fragment. Three operator families break that contract:

• in / notIn: if the operand is not an array, condition.in.map throws a bare TypeError without the fragment.
• containsAny: same failure mode.
• greaterThan / lessThan: if the bound is not a finite number, compilation succeeds and the predicate returns false for every subject. A typo in config then silently disables a rule.

Add operand checks that route through invalid.

♻️ Proposed operand validation

   if ('in' in condition) {
+    if (!Array.isArray(condition.in)) {
+      invalid(`"in" requires an array for attribute "${attribute}"`, condition);
+    }
     // Compare as strings so the set works for both '1' and 1.
     const allowed = new Set(condition.in.map((value) => String(value)));

   if ('contains' in condition || 'containsAny' in condition) {
+    if ('containsAny' in condition && !Array.isArray(condition.containsAny)) {
+      invalid(
+        `"containsAny" requires an array for attribute "${attribute}"`,
+        condition
+      );
+    }
     const needles = (

   if ('greaterThan' in condition) {
     const bound = condition.greaterThan;
+    if (!Number.isFinite(bound)) {
+      invalid(`"greaterThan" requires a finite number`, condition);
+    }
     return (subject) => {

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In `@packages/metadata/src/safeFunctions/compile.ts` around lines 114 - 127,
Validate operands for the in, notIn, containsAny, greaterThan, and lessThan
operator branches before compiling predicates, routing every malformed operand
through invalid so the thrown error includes the offending fragment. Require
array operands for collection operators and finite numeric bounds for comparison
operators, while preserving existing behavior for valid definitions.

packages/metadata/src/safeFunctions/expression/compiler.ts (2)

117-133: 🔒 Security & Privacy | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Bare identifiers resolve inherited Object.prototype members.

name in implicitScope walks the prototype chain. An expression such as toString or valueOf therefore resolves to a function from the subject prototype, and safeGet returns it because only __proto__, prototype and constructor are blocked. The value cannot be called, but it can flow into a template or a group key as a stringified function body.

Keep inherited data accessors working, and exclude Object.prototype members only.

🛡️ Proposed guard

     if (
       implicitScope != null &&
       typeof implicitScope === 'object' &&
-      name in implicitScope
+      name in implicitScope &&
+      !Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(Object.prototype, name)
     ) {

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In `@packages/metadata/src/safeFunctions/expression/compiler.ts` around lines 117
- 133, Update resolveIdentifier’s implicit-scope lookup to exclude names
inherited specifically from Object.prototype while preserving access to other
inherited data properties. Keep the existing safeGet behavior and
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206-223: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

+ and the relational operators coerce both operands to numbers, so string operands produce silent wrong results.

'AX ' + Modality evaluates to NaN, and SeriesDescription < 'B' is always false. In value position that NaN becomes part of a group key; in condition position the comparison silently fails. The docs list + and < <= > >= as plain operators, so an author has no signal about the numeric-only behavior.

Either implement JS-like semantics for string operands, or state the numeric-only restriction in packages/docs/docs/concepts/safe-functions.md.

♻️ Proposed change for string operands

         case '<':
-          return (scope) => (left(scope) as number) < (right(scope) as number);
+          return (scope) => compare(left(scope), right(scope), '<');
         case '<=':
-          return (scope) => (left(scope) as number) <= (right(scope) as number);
+          return (scope) => compare(left(scope), right(scope), '<=');
         case '>':
-          return (scope) => (left(scope) as number) > (right(scope) as number);
+          return (scope) => compare(left(scope), right(scope), '>');
         case '>=':
-          return (scope) => (left(scope) as number) >= (right(scope) as number);
+          return (scope) => compare(left(scope), right(scope), '>=');
         case '+':
-          return (scope) => (left(scope) as number) + (right(scope) as number);
+          return (scope) => {
+            const l = left(scope);
+            const r = right(scope);
+            return typeof l === 'string' || typeof r === 'string'
+              ? String(l) + String(r)
+              : Number(l) + Number(r);
+          };

With a helper that compares two strings lexicographically and everything else numerically:

function compare(left: unknown, right: unknown, operator: string): boolean {
  const both =
    typeof left === 'string' && typeof right === 'string'
      ? ([left, right] as [string, string])
      : ([Number(left), Number(right)] as [number, number]);
  const [a, b] = both;
  switch (operator) {
    case '<':
      return a < b;
    case '<=':
      return a <= b;
    case '>':
      return a > b;
    default:
      return a >= b;
  }
}

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In `@packages/metadata/src/safeFunctions/expression/compiler.ts` around lines 206
- 223, Update the operator compilation cases in the expression compiler so +
preserves string concatenation when both operands are strings, and <, <=, >, >=
compare string pairs lexicographically while retaining numeric coercion for
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Inline comments:
In `@packages/docs/docs/concepts/safe-functions.md`:
- Around line 161-164: Update the fenced error-output block near the safe
function examples to specify the text language, changing the fence to use text
while preserving both error messages unchanged.
- Around line 125-128: Update the inline code span in the safe-functions
documentation around the expression template-literal example to use double
backticks with appropriate padding spaces, so the inner backticks render
literally without prematurely closing the Markdown span.

In `@packages/metadata/src/safeFunctions/compile.ts`:
- Around line 229-232: Introduce a shared readOwn helper that returns a value
only when the requested key is an own property of the source object, then
replace direct property reads in the seriesFact branch and in
compileAttributeCondition, compileTemplate, and compileValue. Preserve existing
missing-value behavior while preventing prototype members such as constructor
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Nitpick comments:
In `@packages/metadata/src/safeFunctions/compile.ts`:
- Around line 114-127: Validate operands for the in, notIn, containsAny,
greaterThan, and lessThan operator branches before compiling predicates, routing
every malformed operand through invalid so the thrown error includes the
offending fragment. Require array operands for collection operators and finite
numeric bounds for comparison operators, while preserving existing behavior for
valid definitions.

In `@packages/metadata/src/safeFunctions/expression/compiler.ts`:
- Around line 117-133: Update resolveIdentifier’s implicit-scope lookup to
exclude names inherited specifically from Object.prototype while preserving
access to other inherited data properties. Keep the existing safeGet behavior
and parameter/innermost-scope precedence unchanged.
- Around line 206-223: Update the operator compilation cases in the expression
compiler so + preserves string concatenation when both operands are strings, and
<, <=, >, >= compare string pairs lexicographically while retaining numeric
coercion for other operands. Use the existing left and right evaluators and
preserve current numeric behavior for non-string operands.

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packages/metadata/src/displayset/createDisplaySetFromGroup.ts (1)

104-111: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Resolve the effective viewportTypes before selecting the display-set class. createDisplaySetFromGroup constructs ImageStackDisplaySet or an empty-image BaseDisplaySet before applying SplitRule.customAttributes. If the callback changes ['stack'] to ['none'], the result retains frame imageIds; if it changes ['none'] to a renderable type, the result retains empty imageIds. Resolve the callback result first, select the class from the effective viewportTypes, then apply the remaining attributes.

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In `@packages/metadata/src/displayset/createDisplaySetFromGroup.ts` around lines
104 - 111, The createDisplaySetFromGroup flow must resolve
SplitRule.customAttributes and its effective viewportTypes before selecting
ImageStackDisplaySet versus empty-image BaseDisplaySet. Use those effective
viewportTypes for class selection so stack-to-none clears imageIds and
none-to-renderable creates the appropriate stack display set, then apply the
remaining attributes and derived preferredViewportType/isDisplayable values.

packages/metadata/src/displayset/rawDisplaySetSelector.js (1)

824-832: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Reject duplicate rule IDs in createDisplaySetSplitRules

Track rule IDs during compilation. A selector loaded from JSON or customization can currently compile with duplicate IDs, but groupInstancesBySplitRules later throws because IDs namespace bucket keys. Reject duplicate IDs at the documented eager-validation boundary so malformed selectors fail during setup.

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In `@packages/metadata/src/displayset/rawDisplaySetSelector.js` around lines 824 -
832, Update createDisplaySetSplitRules to track rule IDs during compilation and
reject any duplicate before returning the compiled rules. Perform this at the
documented eager-validation boundary so selectors from JSON or customization
fail during setup, while preserving existing behavior for unique IDs.

packages/core/examples/displaySetRules/index.ts (1)

1091-1093: 🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Validate retained layouts before reuse

When re-splitting reuses a positional displaySetId for a different group, validate the retained layout with layoutOptionsFor(displaySet) before calling registerDisplaySetData. If it is invalid, use defaultLayoutFor(displaySet) to prevent incompatible metadata from causing the cell to fail to mount.

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In `@packages/core/examples/displaySetRules/index.ts` around lines 1091 - 1093,
Update the layout selection around layoutByDisplaySetId and
registerDisplaySetData to validate a retained layout with
layoutOptionsFor(displaySet) before reuse. Reuse the retained layout only when
valid; otherwise fall back to defaultLayoutFor(displaySet), ensuring
incompatible metadata is not registered for the new group.

packages/metadata/src/safeFunctions/compile.ts (1)

229-232: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Guard raw selector reads against prototype inheritance. compileCondition, compileAttributeCondition, and compileValue use direct bracket reads, and the display-set compiler executes these selectors for seriesFact, groupBy, and runBy. A raw constructor selector can resolve Object.prototype.constructor, so a missing field can appear present or become an incorrect grouping value. Check each key with Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(...), or use null-prototype maps.

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In `@packages/metadata/src/safeFunctions/compile.ts` around lines 229 - 232, Guard
selector reads in compileCondition, compileAttributeCondition, and compileValue
with own-property checks using Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call (or
null-prototype maps) before accessing values, including seriesFact, groupBy, and
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Inline comments:
In `@packages/metadata/src/displayset/groupInstancesBySplitRules.ts`:
- Around line 152-155: Update orderInstancesForRule and its callers so
reordering receives and reuses the split-time RuleContext, especially the series
facts derived from the full input in groupInstancesBySplitRules. Ensure
buildInstanceOrderer and compareInstances use those supplied facts instead of
recomputing series from the subset being reordered.

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In `@packages/core/examples/displaySetRules/index.ts`:
- Around line 1091-1093: Update the layout selection around layoutByDisplaySetId
and registerDisplaySetData to validate a retained layout with
layoutOptionsFor(displaySet) before reuse. Reuse the retained layout only when
valid; otherwise fall back to defaultLayoutFor(displaySet), ensuring
incompatible metadata is not registered for the new group.

In `@packages/metadata/src/displayset/createDisplaySetFromGroup.ts`:
- Around line 104-111: The createDisplaySetFromGroup flow must resolve
SplitRule.customAttributes and its effective viewportTypes before selecting
ImageStackDisplaySet versus empty-image BaseDisplaySet. Use those effective
viewportTypes for class selection so stack-to-none clears imageIds and
none-to-renderable creates the appropriate stack display set, then apply the
remaining attributes and derived preferredViewportType/isDisplayable values.

In `@packages/metadata/src/displayset/rawDisplaySetSelector.js`:
- Around line 824-832: Update createDisplaySetSplitRules to track rule IDs
during compilation and reject any duplicate before returning the compiled rules.
Perform this at the documented eager-validation boundary so selectors from JSON
or customization fail during setup, while preserving existing behavior for
unique IDs.

In `@packages/metadata/src/safeFunctions/compile.ts`:
- Around line 229-232: Guard selector reads in compileCondition,
compileAttributeCondition, and compileValue with own-property checks using
Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call (or null-prototype maps) before accessing
values, including seriesFact, groupBy, and runBy paths. Ensure inherited keys
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[sedghi]

not sure why it is adding parentheses, check if eslint, prettier, or oxc is broken because it should not

[wayfarer3130]

Prettier is correct here. The .prettierrc of the repository sets "arrowParens": "always", so Prettier adds the parentheses around a single arrow-function argument. The old code in this file did not follow that setting, because the file was not formatted before. ESLint, Prettier and oxc all work correctly.

[sedghi]

I'm confused why we are adding this new display set features to the old viewport types, i didn't expect to see stack here, is this old stack vieweport that we are deprecating? will this displayset selectors work with the new viewports?

[wayfarer3130]

The rules work with the new viewports. viewportTypes is a hint for the kind of view, and not a viewport class. stack means that the viewport shows the images one at a time and does not reconstruct them as a volume. With the legacy viewports, stack maps to ViewportType.STACK. With the next-generation viewports, stack maps to the planar viewport (ViewportType.PLANAR_NEXT).

86432a4 adds the section "Viewport types are hints" to display-sets.md to explain this.

[sedghi]

is there a way that MG don't have rows? hmm

[wayfarer3130]

No, an MG image always has Rows. I removed the Rows condition in 86432a4. The rule now matches on Modality only.

[sedghi]

what is id order? meaning index order? added order or alphabetic order

[wayfarer3130]

Id order is the order of the rule ids as strings, compared by UTF-16 code unit (the JavaScript < operator, so Z sorts before a). It is not the order in which the keys were added, and it is not a locale order. 86432a4 adds this definition to the new section "Priority and order".

[sedghi]

not clear can you rewrite please, separate the default from priority

[wayfarer3130]

I rewrote the paragraph in 86432a4. The text now has three parts:

• "The default rules" lists the nine default rules with their priorities.
• "Priority and order" gives the priority rules as a list.
• "Where your rule runs among the defaults" is a table that gives the priority for each position: before the defaults, between two defaults, as a fallback before unsupported, and after the defaults.

[sedghi]

it is not really immediately clear what are default rules, maybe we should have a section at first to talk about them

[wayfarer3130]

Good idea. 86432a4 adds the section "The default rules" at the start of "Split rules". The section has a table of the nine rules, with the priority, the id, the viewport types, and the instances that each rule claims.

[sedghi]

this looks like a irrelevant fix? can you make sure it is correct and add comment why

[wayfarer3130]

The fix is correct, and it is related to metadata of unknown format. voiLUTFunction can be a string ("SIGMOID") or an array (["SIGMOID"]). The old check voiLutModule.voiLUTFunction?.length && voiLutModule.voiLUTFunction[0] returned "S" for a string, because a string also has a length. asArrayFirst returns the string itself, or the first item of an array.

f30abbc adds a short comment at this line. It also adds a longer explanation to asArrayFirst: the function safely gets one string or number value from naturalized JSON or from other data of unknown format.

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@sedghi, thank you for the three findings. I fixed each finding. Two fixes are in OHIF/Viewers#6137, and one fix is in this PR and in OHIF.

[P1] OHIF grouped a rule that mixes functions and JSON incorrectly. Fixed in OHIF/Viewers@a24dafa630.

• compileSplitRules no longer has the isCompiledRule bypass. Every rule goes through createDisplaySetSplitRules, which keeps a function as it is and compiles each JSON field.
• Your dwi example now gives [[0], [800]], the same result as Cornerstone.
• A JSON runBy next to a function now works. An invalid JSON field next to a function is now a compile error.
• New tests in compileSplitRules.test.ts do these three checks. The tests fail on the old code.

[P2] The growth hook sorted with a stale isReconstructable. Fixed in OHIF/Viewers@8a6f8c4b09.

• The growth hook now computes the image-list attributes for the grown list first. Then the hook sorts. Then the hook computes the attributes that depend on the order (instance, messages, the thumbnail) again.
• The initial build uses the same sequence, so a display set that grew has the same order as a fresh load.
• The spec adds SP-PIPE-16 for this sequence. New tests in makeDisplaySetFromInstanceGroup.test.ts check the sort input and the order-dependent attributes.

[P2] A JSON rule named __proto__ disappeared. Fixed in eafe805 (this PR) and in OHIF/Viewers@a24dafa630 and OHIF/Viewers@8a6f8c4b09.

I chose to reject the key with an error, and not to use a null-prototype dictionary. A rule that disappears must stop display set creation, and an error names the rule. I did an audit of the other compiled dictionaries:

Place	Change
Rule id (validateSplitRuleSetEntry)	rejects __proto__. createDisplaySetSplitRules and resolveSplitRuleSet both use this check.
record keys (customAttributes.set, fromFirstInstance)	the record compiler rejects __proto__.
Series fact name	compileSeriesFact rejects __proto__.
createDisplaySetFromGroup custom attributes	skips a __proto__ key. A function that code supplies can return that key.
fromContext, fromOptions	no change. The schema accepts only listed names.
OHIF compileSplitRules	reports a __proto__ rule id as an error.
OHIF RESERVED_ATTRIBUTES	holds __proto__, because ImageSet.setAttributes assigns each key.

The tests use JSON.parse to make a real own __proto__ key. All 299 tests of the metadata package pass, and all 149 OHIF display set tests pass.

[sedghi]

See below, written by claude, but they are my personal thoughts.

I'm all in on where this is going. What I'm not sold on is the vocabulary we're asking people to write. There's more of it than the problem needs, and I think we can keep every capability with a much smaller surface. Some examples below:

The dwi rule, as it stands

"dwiByBValue": {
  "priority": -1,
  "viewportTypes": ["stack"],
  "series": [
    {
      "name": "isDiffusion",
      "gate": { "attribute": "Modality", "equals": "MR" },
      "scope": "some",
      "when": { "attribute": "DiffusionBValue", "exists": true }
    }
  ],
  "matches": {
    "all": [
      { "seriesFact": "isDiffusion" },
      { "classifier": "image" },
      { "attribute": "DiffusionBValue", "exists": true }
    ]
  },
  "groupBy": ["SeriesInstanceUID", { "attribute": "DiffusionBValue", "number": true }],
  "compareInstances": { "attribute": "SliceLocation", "number": true },
  "customAttributes": {
    "fromFirstInstance": {
      "SeriesDescription": { "template": "{SeriesDescription} b={DiffusionBValue}" }
    }
  }
}

I read this three times before I could say out loud what it does. "In MR series, one stack per b-value, sorted by slice location, relabelled." To write it, someone has to learn series, name, gate, scope, when, seriesFact, classifier, all, attribute, fromFirstInstance and compareInstances.

• A series fact gets declared under a name and read back with seriesFact. I went through both PRs. Every rule reads its fact exactly once, in matches. And customAttributes can't read facts at all, so the name never bought anyone reuse.
• { attribute, equals } is a second matching vocabulary inside OHIF. We already have the hanging protocol constraint one (equals, includes, contains, containsI, greaterThan, notNull, and so on). Same job, different spelling, slightly different semantics for arrays and numeric strings. The docs say HP is the next consumer. If so, we should start from the names people already type.
• There are three ways for code to plug in (classifiers, customAttributePresets, inline functions). OHIF has one pattern for this, the named custom attribute that config refers to by name. I'd rather have one.
• customAttributes is organised by where a value comes from (set, fromFirstInstance, fromContext, fromOptions, preset). As a reader I want it organised by the field being set. And fromContext / fromOptions let a rule decide whether to copy engine facts like splitNumber. That shouldn't be the rule's call.
• Two ways to build text, template and backtick expressions. join for composite keys. A bare string that means "expression" in one position and "attribute name" in another. The docs call that "the one asymmetry to remember", which is a sentence I'd rather we didn't need.

The strict schema compiler under all of this is impressive work, honestly. I also think it's more machinery than the format deserves once the format is small.

What I'd do instead

Six working fields, in the order the engine runs them. priority, description, groupId and viewportTypes stay as they are. Every field compiles onto the SplitRule hooks already in this PR, so the engine doesn't move.

Field	What it holds	Compiles to
series	conditions on the whole series, keyed by quantifier (first, some, every, mixed, count)	the series hook, ANDed into matches
matches	conditions on one instance, attribute names on the left	matches
groupBy	values	groupBy
splitOnChange	a value whose change starts a new group	runBy
sortBy	sort keys, tie-break in order	compareInstances
attributes	display set field on the left, literal or value on the right	customAttributes

Conditions are a map. Attribute names on the left, sibling keys AND together. On the right, a scalar means equals, an array means one-of, "*" means present and null means absent (the DICOM wildcard, and the JSON word for nothing), and an object holds HP operators. Four reserved keys: any, not, series, expression.

Code plugs in through one registry of named attributes. A named attribute works anywhere a DICOM keyword works, so "isStackImage": true is a condition, "mammoView" is a grouping value, and { "attribute": "mammoView" } is a display set attribute. Built-ins are isImage, isVideo, isEcg, isWsi. Sort functions get a registry too, which on the OHIF side is just instanceSortingCriteria.sortFunctions.

compileDisplaySetRules(rules, {
  attributes: { isStackImage: fn, mammoView: fn },
  sortFunctions: { sortByInstanceNumber: fn },
});

The factory always stamps splitKey, splitRuleId, splitGroupId, splitNumber, sopClassUids and isMultiFrame. Rules don't ask for them.

Same rules, rewritten

The dwi rule:

"dwiByBValue": {
  "priority": -1,
  "viewportTypes": ["stack"],
  "series": { "first": { "Modality": "MR" } },
  "matches": { "isImage": true, "DiffusionBValue": "*" },
  "groupBy": ["SeriesInstanceUID", { "attribute": "DiffusionBValue", "as": "number" }],
  "sortBy": ["SliceLocation"],
  "attributes": {
    "SeriesDescription": { "template": "{SeriesDescription} b={DiffusionBValue}" }
  }
}

Same result. The some fact was redundant, since an instance that passes the per-instance test already proves some instance has a b-value. first keeps the MR gate.

The CT scout rule today:

"ctScout": {
  "priority": -1,
  "viewportTypes": ["stack"],
  "series": [
    { "name": "hasScout", "scope": "mixed",
      "when": { "attribute": "ImageType", "contains": "LOCALIZER" } }
  ],
  "matches": {
    "all": [
      { "attribute": "Modality", "equals": "CT" },
      { "seriesFact": "hasScout" },
      { "attribute": "ImageType", "contains": "LOCALIZER" }
    ]
  },
  "groupBy": ["SeriesInstanceUID"],
  "customAttributes": {
    "set": { "label": "SCOUT" },
    "fromFirstInstance": {
      "SeriesDescription": { "expression": "`SCOUT ${SeriesDescription}`" }
    }
  }
}

and rewritten:

"ctScout": {
  "priority": -1,
  "viewportTypes": ["stack"],
  "series": { "mixed": { "ImageType": { "contains": "LOCALIZER" } } },
  "matches": { "Modality": "CT", "ImageType": { "contains": "LOCALIZER" } },
  "groupBy": ["SeriesInstanceUID"],
  "attributes": {
    "label": "SCOUT",
    "SeriesDescription": { "template": "SCOUT {SeriesDescription}" }
  }
}

mixed has to stay. A scout-only series must stay whole, and that is a real whole-series question. It just doesn't need a name and a back-reference.

The small DX/CR rule is the clearest case. Today it builds a fact that is always true, gives it minInstances: 10 so it flips to false under ten, then negates it:

"series": [
  { "name": "tenOrMoreImages", "scope": "first",
    "when": { "expression": "true" }, "minInstances": 10 }
],
"matches": {
  "all": [
    { "attribute": "Modality", "in": ["DX", "CR"] },
    { "classifier": "stackImage" },
    { "not": { "seriesFact": "tenOrMoreImages" } }
  ]
}

It works, and it's clever. It's also exactly the workaround an AI assistant will produce when the format has no count, and we're designing this format for assistants to write.

"series": { "count": { "max": 9 } },
"matches": { "Modality": ["DX", "CR"], "isStackImage": true }

The default multiframe rule, where attributes come from four places today:

customAttributes: {
  set: { isClip: true },
  fromFirstInstance: { numImageFrames: { attribute: 'NumberOfFrames', number: true } },
  fromOptions: ['splitNumber'],
  fromContext: ['isMultiFrame'],
}

becomes one map, and the engine facts come from the factory:

"series": {
  "first": { "NumberOfFrames": { "greaterThan": 1 }, "SliceLocation": "*" }
},
"matches": { "isImage": true, "Rows": "*" },
"groupBy": ["SeriesInstanceUID", "InstanceNumber"],
"attributes": {
  "isClip": true,
  "numImageFrames": { "attribute": "NumberOfFrames", "as": "number" }
}

A bare scalar is a literal. An object is a value read from the first instance of the sorted group.

Mammography is where presets come in today. customAttributes: { "preset": "mammoView" } hands the whole computation to a function that returns four fields, and the config can't see which four. With named attributes:

"matches": { "Modality": "MG", "Rows": "*" },
"groupBy": ["SeriesInstanceUID", "ImageLaterality", "ViewPosition", "PatientOrientation"],
"attributes": {
  "imageLaterality": { "attribute": "ImageLaterality" },
  "mammoView": { "attribute": "mammoView" },
  "viewCode": { "attribute": "viewCode" },
  "descriptionName": { "template": "{ImageLaterality}{mammoView}" }
}

mammoView and viewCode are registered readers returning one value each. Code does the one thing data can't, reading inside ViewCodeSequence. And because mammoView is an attribute now, it can go into groupBy for vendors that don't send ViewPosition, and a hanging protocol can match on it.

US stills and clips only change name. runBy becomes splitOnChange, with the same { "condition": { "NumberOfFrames": { "greaterThan": 1 } } }. Run keys and per-bucket scoping are the engine's and don't move.

Then there's the one case named facts actually exist for, a series test inside an OR. I checked this one carefully because it's the subtle one:

"matches": {
  "isImage": true,
  "any": [
    { "series": { "first": { "Modality": "MR" }, "every": { "Rows": { "greaterThan": 0 } }, "count": { "min": 2 } } },
    { "Modality": "CT" }
  ],
  "not": { "isLocalizer": true }
}

A series block is also a condition node, evaluated once per rule per split, same as facts today. A failed MR gate makes that branch false and leaves the CT branch alone, which is what gate did. Grouping by a series question works the same way, { "condition": { "series": { "mixed": ... } } } as a groupBy value.

What this gives up

• join composite keys with labels in the key text. Two bucket entries partition identically. Only the key string changes, and nothing persisted depends on it yet.
• Named, reusable facts. If numeric facts land later ("the lowest InstanceNumber in the series"), an optional facts block slots in next to series without touching anything else. I'd rather not make every author pay for it today.
• A whole rule as one bare expression string. { "expression": "..." } stays as a value, and bare strings mean one thing everywhere.

Smaller things

• rawDisplaySetSelector collides with displaySetSelectors, which in OHIF is the hanging protocol object that picks display sets for viewports. It will confuse every OHIF developer, me included. defaultDisplaySetRules and compileDisplaySetRules would be fine.
• The schema plumbing (SchemaKey, matchForm, describeShape, the rest) is exported from the package index. Once it's exported it's API. I'd keep it internal.
• I'll be honest, the tests are the part I like least. A big share of them pin exact error strings and the schema's field list, so renaming a field fails dozens of tests with no behaviour change. What I want in the repo are fixture tests per scenario: the 64-slice DWI with b=0 only in the GE private tag, the mixed scout series, interleaved US, the four-view MG with ViewCodeSequence and no ViewPosition. You mention running the DWI one and not committing it. That's the test I'd most like to see.

How I'd sequence it

1. Split the PR and land the engine part now. Keyed rule set, priority, split keys, ordering layers, unsupported, groupId, with the TypeScript SplitRule API and its tests. That part is ready.
2. Land the createImage voiLUTFunction fix on its own.
3. Rework the data format to the shape above in a follow-up, compiling onto the same hooks, with the fixture tests.

Happy to pair on the compiler for the new shape. It's a thin layer over what's already here. I have the mapping for every rule in both PRs written up and will share it.