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  How should we indicate that a record won't have any further downstream data

  aclum started Jan 28, 2026 in General

  

  

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  review mod_date and add_date slots and current use in NMDC

  aclum started Jan 28, 2026 in General

  

  

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  review of units excuses

  turbomam started Oct 28, 2025 in Show and tell

  

  

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  should we require that QuantityValues have either a has_numeric_value or a has_minimum_numeric_value and a has_maximum_numeric_value

  turbomam asked Jul 9, 2025 in Q&A · Unanswered

  

  

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  Where should illustrative python scripts (not intended for regular use) go?

  turbomam started Jun 19, 2025 in Schema Best Practices

  

  

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  ReDU metadata

  lamccue started Jan 6, 2025 in General

  

  

  

  

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  new slot: lat_uncertainty, lon_uncertainty , lat_lon sometimes has uncertainty measurements with is

  backlog Issue not assigned to a sprint or not completed during a sprint. Needs to be reprioritized.

  mslarae13 started Jun 7, 2023 in Schema Best Practices

  

  

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  Cleanup: EMSL identifiers

  bmeluch started Dec 6, 2024 in Schema Best Practices

  

  

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  Cleanup: parent + child slots both on Biosample - do we need them?

  bmeluch started Jul 3, 2024 in General

  

  

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  Should sample_type be required?

  bmeluch started Jul 23, 2024 in Ideas

  

  

  

  

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  the nmdc-schema may contain some Biosample slots that belong exclusively to the submission-schema

  backlog Issue not assigned to a sprint or not completed during a sprint. Needs to be reprioritized.

  turbomam started Nov 29, 2023 in General

  

  

  

  

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  How to explicitly document what typecode the minter should use

  aclum started Jul 17, 2024 in Schema Best Practices

  

  

  

  

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  'sample linkage' may not always be a GUID

  blocked

  mslarae13 started Dec 27, 2023 in General

  

  

  

  

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  new grouping efforts must be exhaustive

  turbomam started Nov 22, 2023 in Schema Best Practices

  

  

  

  

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  Example term mapping exercise: volume

  turbomam started Oct 25, 2023 in Schema Best Practices

  

  

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  we should have valid and invalid examples for all classes in src/data

  turbomam started Feb 8, 2023 in Schema Best Practices

  

  

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  Schema contributors should perform routine maintenance on their invalid example files

  turbomam started Dec 18, 2023 in Schema Best Practices

  

  

  

  

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  invalid example data file naming/commenting practice

  turbomam started Jan 17, 2024 in Schema Best Practices

  

  

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  Permissible values require descriptions and or meanings

  turbomam started Jan 9, 2024 in Schema Best Practices

  

  

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  Schema contributors should ensure that there are no circular dependencies between YAML modules

  turbomam started Dec 18, 2023 in Schema Best Practices

  

  

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  Schema contributors should run linkml linter

  turbomam started Dec 18, 2023 in Schema Best Practices

  

  

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  example data files whose name includes "minimal" must provide only required data

  turbomam started Nov 22, 2023 in Schema Best Practices

  

  

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  we should emphasize reusability/reuse for recently added slots

  turbomam started May 30, 2023 in Schema Best Practices

  

  

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  descriptions shouldn't just rephrase element names

  turbomam started Feb 9, 2023 in Schema Best Practices

  

  

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  Welcome to nmdc-schema Discussions!

  wdduncan announced Oct 26, 2021 in Announcements

  

  

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