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Design odML templating engine

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Assessment

Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Newbie friendliness
20/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
python
Domain
backend

Research direction

Start by reading the linked discussions in issues #93 and #95, then review the Python templating references in this issue. Identify the intended template syntax, reuse model, and metadata use cases before locating an implementation entry point. Done means an agreed templating-engine design and corresponding implementation criteria are documented.

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Description

Ability to create templates will be very practical feature. odML templating engine will help users to define templates. c.f. Python templating and re-use them as needed. A light weight example here.

A use case for example, a type of experiment having performed by different parameters, lab or experimenter. A metadata definition is the same in this case but the field values are different.

See also discussions with @lzehl, c.f #93 and #95.

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