Codemeta generator: inconsistencies in management of fields with multiple values

[frmichel]

Hi there,

I'm using the codemeta generator and experience a few issues with fields that can take multiple values, in particular funder and referencePublication.

If I st funder as this:

    "funder": [
        {
            "@type": "Organization",
            "name": "org1"
        }, {
            "@type": "Organization",
            "name": "org2"
        }
    ],

the import function simply ignores the values. Is it to say that it is invalid or this is just a pb with the generator?

Also, I can import this:

    "referencePublication": [
        "https://hal.science/hal-123456",
        "https://hal.science/hal-654321"
    ],

But when I regenerate the codemeta it is turned into this:

    "referencePublication": "https://hal.science/hal-123456,https://hal.science/hal-654321",

So in the end, can we add arrays of values anywhere or only with some specific fields and which ones?

Thx for your help.

[progval]

can we add arrays of values anywhere

Yes.

This is a limitation of the codemeta-generator so it doesn't get too complicated

[frmichel]

Ok cool, thx for your super quick reply! ;)

[frmichel]

Just a remark: I've also tried on the affiliation of an author, but here the generator explicitly says that an array value is invalid. Couldn't it be an array too?

[progval]

Yes, it can

[frmichel]

Would be cool to fix these issues in the generator, when you guys have a bit of time ;)

[dgarijo]

Yeah, I found a similar thing with descriptions. If you have more than one the generator will tell you it's not valid. But it should be (e.g., i can have short and long description, or descriptions in more than one language)

[progval]

I removed this particular error message for affiliations: codemeta/codemeta-generator#20

Importing multiple organizations, or multiple is still not supported though; the open issues for these are: codemeta/codemeta-generator#3 and codemeta/codemeta-generator#10

[frmichel]

Thx @progval.

[moranegg]

Thanks for the lively discussion and feedback. Closing this issue.
@frmichel feel free to open issues on the other side at https://github.com/codemeta/codemeta-generator/issues