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feat(dwca): add visual editor - #8522
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Review comments at @specifyweb/backend/export/views.py:
- Around line 125-129: Update the DwCAException handler in the view containing
validate_definition to return the exception’s specific validation message in the
HttpResponseBadRequest response instead of the generic “Invalid DwCA definition”
text; keep the existing logging behavior.
Review comments at
@specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/DwcaDefinition/data/defaultTemplates.ts:
- Line 321: Update the bibo/doi field mapping in the template to use
referencework.doi instead of referencework.text2, keeping it consistent with
coreTermPatterns.
Review comments at
@specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/DwcaDefinition/data/generateGbifCatalog.ts:
- Line 161: Update the top-level invocation of main so rejected generation
promises are caught, the error is logged, and process.exitCode is set to a
non-zero value; do not discard the promise and allow the workflow to continue as
successful.
Review comments at
@specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/DwcaDefinition/DwcaDefinition.tsx:
- Around line 707-714: Update isCoreIdentifierField to recognize only direct
base-table GUID paths with no relationship hops, excluding stringIds prefixed by
relationship paths; preserve the valid direct GUID forms used by the mapping.
- Around line 1647-1652: Add a save blocker alongside hasDuplicateFileNames that
detects mappings with a blank or whitespace-only fileName or rowType, and
register or clear it as mappings change. Use the existing save-blocker mechanism
so saves are prevented until every mapping has both required values.
Review comments at
@specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/SchemaConfig/Alignment.tsx:
- Line 37: Replace the substring check in the Alignment pattern filter with
suffix matching using endsWith, so it matches the behavior of autoMapCoreFields
and excludes identities that merely contain a pattern internally.
Review comments at @specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/localization/dwca.ts:
- Around line 68-70: Replace the parameterized dwcaChoose entry with complete
localization keys for each use: dwcaChooseExtension, dwcaChooseTerm,
dwcaChooseRowType, and dwcaChooseQuery. Add an en-us value for each key with the
appropriate article included, and update DwcaDefinition.tsx call sites to use
the corresponding key without passing an item parameter.
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Fixes #286
This PR adds a visual editor for creating, editing, and validating Darwin Core Archive definitions.
The editor supports:
The PR also adds a workflow and generator for periodically updating the bundled GBIF vocabulary catalogs. 🎉
For what it's worth, as of October 1st, the size of this PR is primarily generated vocabulary data:
gbifCores.json: 3,508 added linesgbifExtensions.json: 9,182 added linesThey are generated by
generateGbifCatalog.tsand can be refreshed through the included GitHub Actions workflow! No manual updating required (at least not until they migrate from XML to something else).Most of the other changes are the visual editor itself, then tests, field-to-term matching patterns, default mapping templates, and more validation and localization.
Checklist
Testing instructions
There is comprehensive automatic test coverage for the changes in this PR, but the validation will require a lot of test data sets (taken from those who already have set up mappings) and new ones.
Make sure to review and understand Exporting & Publishing Data using Darwin Core (DwC-A) (GBIF, iDigBio, etc.) completely before testing.
We need to validate the produced packages using the GBIF Data Validator, which will require that you make a GBIF account.
I encourage you to also create a DwCA export in
v7and compare it against the export produced inissue-286. They should be identical, any any exports prepared in this branch on the 'Occurrence Core' (Collection Object-based exports) should be supported onmainandv7just fine. EML will still need to be sourced from GBIF (as in the original docs) or generated using this tool from GBIF Norway.Convert an Existing Mapping
To convert an existing DwCA mapping from a generic XML app resource:
DwCAapp resource defining the mapping (not the EML). Most haveDwCsomewhere in the title itself!text/xmltoapplication/vnd.specify.dwca+xmlInstructions
coreTermPatterns.tsif you need to see the matches)