Hmm. This _might_ be what I want, even though my immediate reaction is
that it may be too self-referential to send back to the reviewer. (Is
JSON really the write language/format in which to describe JSON
documents?) But it's a start; thanks.
Kevin
On 4/9/2012 9:41 AM, Jeroen Janssen wrote:
Hi,
Not sure if this is what you are looking for, but there is a draft
JSON schema specification at http://json-schema.org/ which is "a JSON
based format for defining the structure of JSON data".
Best regards,
Jeroen
On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 4:34 PM, Kevin R. Coombes
<[email protected]> wrote:
Hi,
We just had a manuscript that describes three applications of CouchDB in
bioinformatics accepted with minor revisions. (I think this will be the
first paper describing a CouchDB application in the area of bioinformatics.)
One of the requested minor changes is for "schematics, data models, etc".
I'm sure that the reviewer is thinking about the kinds of schema diagrams
that can easily be supplied for a relational database. Other than a table
or a screenshot showing the reviewer what a typical document looks like in
these databases, does anyone know of equivalent tools or diagrams to
describe a document-oriented database? Are there any (formal) design or
document conventions that have evolved or are evolving for describing
databases built using Couch?
Kevin
In case anyone wants to take a look at the applications, here are the URLs:
geneSmash
http://app1.bioinformatics.mdanderson.org/genesmash/_design/basic/index.html
drugBase
http://app1.bioinformatics.mdanderson.org/drugbase/_design/basic/index.html
HapMap-CN
http://app1.bioinformatics.mdanderson.org/hapmap/_design/basic/index.html
