MedCAT-Den v0.5.0

Release Notes - MedCAT-Den v0.5.0

🚀 New Features

Model Backend Migration

• Move models between backends: Added ability to move models between different storage backends, enabling greater flexibility in model management (#292)
  • New move_model() method to transfer models between backends
  • New has_model() method to check model existence across backends
  • New sync() method and implementation for file den to synchronize models

Push Without Changes

• Push models without modifications: Added API to push models without requiring changes, useful for republishing or syncing models (#289)
  • Allows pushing models with only metadata updates
  • Maintains model history integrity when no content changes are made

🐛 Bug Fixes

Base Model Identification

• Fixed base model detection: Corrected logic for identifying base models (#291)
  • Base models are now correctly identified as those without a parent model
  • Prevents exposing intermediate models during multi-step model creation processes
  • Ensures only fully completed models are marked as base models

Model Card Format

• Relaxed model card requirements: Fixed overly rigid model card format validation (#288)
  • Model cards with missing pipeline and required_plugin sections are now accepted
  • Preserves backward compatibility with existing model cards
  • Maintains value integrity when converting/validating model cards
  • Fixes empty source ontology issue when loading model cards

What's Changed

• docs: readme badges by @tomolopolis in #286
• fix(medcat-den): Fix rigid model card format requirement by @mart-r in #288
• fix(medcat-trainer): Add annotation / add concept fixes. by @tomolopolis in #290
• feat(medcat den): CU-869bt6xtk Allow pushing models without change by @mart-r in #289
• bug(medcat-den): CU-869btgwzz Fix base model identification by @mart-r in #291
• feat(medcat den): CU-869btju7y Add ability to move models between back ends by @mart-r in #292

Full Changelog: medcat-den/v0.4.0...medcat-den/v0.5.0