How to order repeated slots in TSV

[dr-shorthair]

The ordering of columns in the SSSOM TSV representation is expected to follow the sequence of elements in the Mapping specification.

1. How is this managed for those slots that may be repeated (e.g. author, reviewer)?

• repeated columns?
• multiple values in one column?

2. And how to manage it where the slots come in logical pairs, e.g. author_id, author_label?
   They should be coupled or interleaved somehow.

[matentzn]

Thank you for your question @dr-shorthair!

How is this managed for those slots that may be repeated (e.g. author, reviewer)?

multiple values in one column, pipe-separated. See a larger example here: https://github.com/mapping-commons/mh_mapping_initiative/blob/master/mappings/mp_hp_mgi_all.sssom.tsv

And how to manage it where the slots come in logical pairs, e.g. author_id, author_label?
They should be coupled or interleaved somehow.

See #344