This directory contains the MCF nodes for all defined schemas in Data Commons.
These files are kept in-sync with the Google repository via Copybara:
- Changes inside Google are immediately copied here.
- Approved GitHub pull requests are sent to the Google respository, where it
is tested; if approved, the PR will merge into both the Google and GitHub
repository.
- IMPORTANT: DO NOT MERGE schema changes (any files ending with .mcf). Copybara will directly commit to the main branch then mark your PR as merged.
- schema.mcf contains MCF representation of Schema.org schemas.
- dcschema.mcf contains general Data Commons classes and properties.
- dcschema_enum_classes.mcf contains Data Commons enum classes.
- dcschema_enum_instances.mcf contains Data Commons enum instances.
- enum_specializations.mcf contains all enum
specializationOf
relationships. Please handle this file with care. - biomedical_schema contains the Biomedical Data Commons (BMDC) domain specific schema.
- All other MCF files are source or domain specific.
In https://github.com/datacommonsorg/schema, click on "Fork" button to fork the repo.
Clone your forked repo to your desktop.
Add datacommonsorg/schema repo as a remote:
git remote add dc https://github.com/datacommonsorg/schema.git
Every time when you want to send a Pull Request, do the following steps:
git checkout main
git pull dc main
git checkout -b new_branch_name
# Make some code change
git add .
git commit -m "commit message"
git push -u origin new_branch_name
Then in your forked repo, you can send a Pull Request. If this is your first time contributing to a Google Open Source project, you may need to follow the steps in contributing.md.
Wait for approval of the Pull Request and merge the change.