eln validator

[SteffenBrinckmann]

Hey everybody,
I was thinking, by having a tool that transforms eln into an Readme-Markdown output, we have done the first step towards a validator, if it is valid the transformation works.
Why not have a validator for this version 1: checks if basic format is followed.
If you agree, I could use the transformer as starting point and then pepper it with if-statements. Let me know if you would find that helpful.

[NicolasCARPi]

Maybe adding a check command to this project would make sense? https://github.com/ResearchObject/ro-crate-py

[NicolasCARPi]

There are two things: checking the validity of the ro-crate for which we could use pre-existing software, and checking the validity of the .eln, for which we have to write our own.

[SteffenBrinckmann]

Great ideas!

• I went on that github repo and supported a feature request to add a validator
• For the meantime, I would see if that software can open&list the content (that is also some validation); and write some other validation, as mentioned in your last comment.

[SteffenBrinckmann]

First version is there, according to that process: ro-crate.py and then custom tests.
Please check if there are holes in the validator.