mesh-card-schema

A repository for prototyping Mesh Cards as a potential new standard from the Cloud WS.

JSON Validator

This project validates a BioData Catalyst mesh card JSON file against a predefined JSON Schema.

📦 Files

• schema.json – JSON Schema defining the required structure
• sample.json – Sample mesh card JSON
• validate.py – Script to validate sample.json against schema.json

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🧪 Requirements

This project uses:

• Python 3.8+
• jsonschema Python package

We recommend using Conda to manage dependencies.

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⚙️ Setup Instructions

1. Clone the repository

git clone [email protected]:ga4gh/mesh-card-schema.git
cd mesh-card-schema

2. Create Conda Env

conda create -n mesh-card-schema python=3.10
conda activate mesh-card-schema

3. Install Deps

pip install jsonschema

4. Run Validator

python validate.py

If valid, you’ll see:

✅ JSON is valid.

If there are validation errors, the script will print an error message and exit with code 1.