validator - file extension error

[Laurira]

DBPTK thinks that I do not have .siard extension and gives [ERROR]. G_4.1-5: [ERROR] : The ZIP archive must have the file extension .siard Construction of the SIARD archive file [FAILED]

Doesn't it consider uppercase .SIARD extension?

[hmiguim]

We follow the SIARD specification that states:

G_4.1-5 The ZIP archive has the file extension “.siard”.

As it is, right now, we do the check for lowercase exclusive. We can extend the check to ignore the case.

[PhillipTommerholt]

This depends on the interpretation of the specification:

Here it is in lower case - but does this imply that it must be in lower case? I am not 100% sure but if I have to pick one then I would say it must be in lower case. (This uncertainty should be a input to the specification itself.)

We have the same problem in Denmark where we have camelcase name requriements. For example our validator checks whether 'contextDocumentationIndex.xml' exist in a given folder. If there is a file called 'ContextDocumentationIndex.xml' then our validator throws an error and states that the file 'contextDocumentationIndex.xml' does not exist. This causes a support burden from our side, where users report that our validator is wrong. The best solution would be to:

1) Read and transform all files in this folder to upper case in a list

2) does 'CONTEXTDOCUMENTATIONINDEX.XML' exist in the list? 2a) if no, throw the error that the file does not exist and move on 2b) if yes, go to check 3

3) does 'contextDocumentationIndex.xml' exist in the folder? 3a) if no, throw the error that the file does not have the right upper/lower case naming and move on 3b) if yes, everything is splendid: move on