PATS Data Dictionary

Exports

The PATS data dictionary can be exported to CSV by typing:

spout export

The spout export command will generate CSV files that describe the data dictionary.

Testing

The PATS data dictionary is tested using the Spout Gem.

Data dictionary tests can be run by typing:

spout test

Releases

The data dictionary is tagged at various time points using Git tags. The tags are used to reference a series of CSV files that correspond to the data dictionary itself.

For example, CSV files of the underlying data that have been tagged as v0.1.0 will be compatible with the Data Dictionary ~> 0.1.0, (including 0.1.1, 0.1.2, 0.1.3). However if the data dictionary contains changes to the underlying dataset, then the minor version number is bumped, and the patch level is reset to zero. If, for example, the CSV dataset changed to v0.2.0, then it would be compatible with 0.2.0, 0.2.1, 0.2.2, etc. The approach for changing version numbers uses a variation on Semantic Versioning.

A full list of changes for each version can be viewed in the CHANGELOG.