Rename repo: linkml-mapper

[cmungall]

Proposal: rename this repo to:

1. 👍 linkml-mapper
2. 👀 linkml-mapping
3. 🎉 linkml-schema-mapper
4. 😄 linkml-map
5. 🚀 schemawalker

"transformer" sounds too GPT-like. Mapping emphasizes a continuum with SSSOM.

• "mapper" emphasizes the doing part (mapping data from S1 to S2)
• "mapping" emphasizes the specification part
• " linkml-schema-mapper" emphasizes the declarative aspect (declare a mapping between two schemas) but deemphasizes the doing part (I have a dataset D1 and a mapping M1, how do I generate D2?)
• linkml-map was added after comments below

Vote

Multiple choice vote, cast as many as you are comfortable with!

[matentzn]

I think 1 is fine! Renaming makes a lot of sense!

Mapping is for me becoming more the noun describing the declarative artefact..

[rly]

+1. "Transformer" is also now mentally associated with GPT/ML for me.

Option 1 sounds good and more naturally describes the function to me. Option 2 kind of suggests to me a particular mapping (noun). I agree that Option 3 de-emphasizes the doing.

[nlharris]

I would vote for #1. Do you want to make this a poll?

[sierra-moxon]

Should we also consider the "migration" aspect? E.g. I want to capture the transformation steps I have to do between a source I've ingested to a final LinkML schema I'm using for my project, or I want to capture the changelog of my schema (e.g. I change the datatype from one release to another). I guess you could call this a declarative "mapping". I also liked "transformation" because one of our use cases was to go from a highly normalized linkml model to a flattened quick-search model.

[caufieldjh]

I like linkml-mapper or linkml-map for brevity

[cmungall]

@caufieldjh I hadn't considered linkml-map. This is nice and concise, and fits better into sentences like "use linkml-map for that".

@sierra-moxon yes I'd consider migration a type of mapping (S.vN -> SvN+M). I do agree that "transformation" seems more fitting for less isomorphic mappings, e.g. denormalization, but I think we can make map inclusive!

Another completely orthogonal suggestion would be something like schemawalker

[nlharris]

I like linkml-map

[jsnyder-csdisco]

I like linkml-mapper.

[matentzn]

I turned the first comment in this issue into a vote.

[hrshdhgd]

I voted for linkml-map ..... just out of curiosity, would linkml-translate convey the message?

[cmungall]

Tied between map and mapper. I think I'm going with linkml-map, it's most consistent with parallel efforts like shexmap, fhirmap.

[nlharris]

Woohoo! Team Map all the way! 🙌