core/asdf-1.1.0

Top-level schema for every ASDF file.

Description

This schema contains the top-level attributes for every ASDF file.

Outline

Schema Definitions

This type is an object with the following properties:
  • asdf_library
    software-1.0.0
    Describes the ASDF library that produced the file.

  • history
    object
    A log of transformations that have happened to the file. May include such things as data collection, data calibration pipelines, data analysis etc.

    This node must validate against any of the following:

Internal Definitions

  • history-1.1.0
    object
    This type is an object with the following properties:
    • extensions
      array
      No length restriction
      The first 1 item in the list must be the following types:
    • entries
      array
      No length restriction
      The first 1 item in the list must be the following types:
  • Original Schema

    %YAML 1.1
    ---
    $schema: "http://stsci.edu/schemas/yaml-schema/draft-01"
    id: "http://stsci.edu/schemas/asdf/core/asdf-1.1.0"
    title: |
      Top-level schema for every ASDF file.
    
    description: |
      This schema contains the top-level attributes for every ASDF file.
    
    tag: "tag:stsci.edu:asdf/core/asdf-1.1.0"
    type: object
    properties:
      asdf_library:
        description: |
          Describes the ASDF library that produced the file.
        $ref: "software-1.0.0"
    
      history:
        description: |
          A log of transformations that have happened to the file.  May
          include such things as data collection, data calibration
          pipelines, data analysis etc.
        anyOf:
          # This is to support backwards compatibility with older history formats
          - type: array
            items:
              - $ref: "history_entry-1.0.0"
          # This is the new, richer history implementation that includes
          # extension metadata.
          - $ref: "#/definitions/history-1.1.0"
    
    additionalProperties: true
    # Make sure that these two metadata fields are always at the top of the file
    propertyOrder: [asdf_library, history]
    
    
    # This contains the definition of the new history format, which includes
    # metadata about the extensions used to create the file.
    definitions:
      history-1.1.0:
        type: object
        properties:
          extensions:
            type: array
            items:
              - $ref: "extension_metadata-1.0.0"
          entries:
            type: array
            items:
              - $ref: "history_entry-1.0.0"
    ...