Annotated Research Context Specification, v2.0

What's Changed

• Big Overhaul of data representation by @HLWeil

  • Two core concepts now extend the base data model:
    • Data can now not only refer to a file, but also a specific part of the file. This is done by making use of Data fragment selectors defined here: https://www.w3.org/TR/annotation-model/#selectors
    • Additionaly, data objects can now be further contextualized in a Datamap file.
  • #104
  • #93
  • #78

• Mechanisms for ARC Quality Control section by @kMutagene

  • #98
  • #96
  • #95

• Various changes to xlsx table representation

  • #78
  • #84
  • #85

• Make study section in investigaiton file optional

  • #101

• Various clarifications and fixes

  • #83
  • #100
  • #91
  • #90
  • #88

New Contributors

• @kMutagene made their first contribution in #88

Full Changelog: 1.2...2.0

Annotated Research Context Specification, v1.2

Now, including further explanations and specifications about ISA-XLSX. These are linked in the main ARC-specification text and can be found here. This was necessary, as the ISA-XLSX strayed so far from originall ISA-Tab, referencing the latter only caused confusion. Instead, now we have a new specification incorporating the capabalities of multi-sheet xlsx files. This specification still implements the ISA abstract model, allowing for the conversion to ISA-Json still being a first-class operation. For additional motivation, discussion and documentation, see the following:

• For initial list of changes in ISA-XLSX vs ISA-Tab see here: #71
• For discussion and incorporation of changes in ISA-XLSX vs ISA-Tab see here: #72
• For discussion and incorpation of ISA-XLSX specification in ARC-specification see here: #76

What's Changed

• Update link to ARC specification by @Brilator in #69
• Merge ISA-Tab specification with ISA-XLSX changes by @HLWeil in #72
• Remove note on planned release from README.md by @Brilator in #75
• Include isa-xlsx for ARC-specification 1.2 by @HLWeil in #76

New Contributors

• @HLWeil made their first contribution in #72

Full Changelog: 1.1-rfc...1.2

Annotated Research Context Specification, v1.1-rfc

Release for DOI creation of v1.1-rfc

What's Changed

• Update ARC specification.md by @dvs-frbg in #1
• Update ARC specification.md by @dvs-frbg in #2
• First draft for RO-Crate conversion by @chgarth in #3
• Minor edits and comments below by @Brilator in #6
• Update README.md by @dvs-frbg in #7
• Update capitalized subtitles and open a pull request example by @xiaoranzhou in #8
• Corrected some typos by @Martin-Kuhl in #12
• Update ARC specification.md by @dvs-frbg in #11
• Update ARC specification.md by @kruegerjens in #14
• Minor corrections by @HGauza in #21
• Removed some "-"s (preprocessing, reuse ...) by @HGauza in #22
• Dominik v1.1 by @Brilator in #55
• Updated description RO-Crate Conversion by @floWetzels in #68

New Contributors

• @dvs-frbg made their first contribution in #1
• @chgarth made their first contribution in #3
• @Brilator made their first contribution in #6
• @xiaoranzhou made their first contribution in #8
• @Martin-Kuhl made their first contribution in #12
• @kruegerjens made their first contribution in #14
• @HGauza made their first contribution in #21
• @floWetzels made their first contribution in #68

Full Changelog: https://github.com/nfdi4plants/ARC-specification/commits/1.1-rfc