Data Dictionary Validator 1.0.0

The initial release of the RADx Data Dictionary Validator.

Installation

To install download ddv.zip and then unzip. Move the extracted ddv tool to into a location on your executable path.

Examples

To use, type ddv --help for a list of options.

RADx Data Dictionaries should be in the RADx Data Dictionary format, which is a CSV based format that is described here.

To validate a data dictionary called mydictionary.csv, type ddv --in mydictionary.csv. The validation report will be written to stdout in TSV format.

To output CSV format add the --format CSV flag. For example,

ddv --in mydictionary.csv --format CSV

To write to a file, you can either, redirect output, for example,

ddv --in mydictionary.csv --format CSV > myreport.csv

or you can specify the --out option, for example,

ddv --in mydictionary.csv --format CSV --out myreport.csv