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cidgoh / DataHarmonizer

A standardized browser-based spreadsheet editor and validator that can be run offline and locally, and which includes templates for SARS-CoV-2 and Monkeypox sampling data. This project, created by the Centre for Infectious Disease Genomics and One Health (CIDGOH), at Simon Fraser University, is now an open-source collaboration with contributions from the National Microbiome Data Collaborative (NMDC), the LinkML development team, and others.
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DataHarmonizer - Picklist Term Lookup Feature #221

Open cmrn-rhi opened 2 years ago

cmrn-rhi commented 2 years ago

Integrate a feature that allows users to look-up term definitions and guidance within the application. E.g. accessible via a button or from within a drop-down menu. Could reference the "term-level reference guide" or the material generated from the gSheet.

ddooley commented 2 years ago

It may be possible to have this work with a mouse-over "tool tip" - if one keeps mouse hovering over single or multi-select item, tool tip floating message reveals definition. I'd try that as the least invasive way to present users with a message.

But we could have a term-level reference guide too as an auto-generated document. What do people think/want?

cmrn-rhi commented 2 years ago

Love it!

I think the floating tool tip idea sounds like a better user experience - as the fewer steps it takes to get to the information the more like the information gets to the user (in my opinion).

Then we could simply link to the field level guide auto-generated document in the drop-down "Help" menu.