Medical-Event-Data-Standard / Medical-Event-Data-Standard/medical-event-data-standard.github.io
Bug: `MEDS_DEV_name` field in ecosystem.yaml is never read; MEDS-DEV models don't link
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Description
Summary
The ecosystem YAML uses an underscored, top-level field name for MEDS-DEV linkage but the parser reads a hyphenated, nested key — so the linkage silently never populates.
Code pointers
- YAML side — uses `MEDS_DEV_name` as a flat string field:
- `static/data/ecosystem.yaml` line 143 (`cehrbert`)
- `static/data/ecosystem.yaml` line 148 (`meds_tab`)
- `static/data/ecosystem.yaml` line 153 (`genhpf`)
- Parser side — reads `rawPkg['MEDS-DEV']` as a nested object with `entity_type` and `name`:
- `src/lib/ecosystem/utils.ts` lines 92–97
```ts
medsDev: rawPkg['MEDS-DEV']
? {
entityType: rawPkg['MEDS-DEV'].entity_type as MedsEntityType,
name: rawPkg['MEDS-DEV'].name,
}
: undefined,
```
Symptom
`Package.medsDev` ends up `undefined` for cehrbert, meds_tab, and genhpf, so any UI affordance that uses `medsDev` to cross-link from an ecosystem package card to its MEDS-DEV registry entry silently has nothing to link.
Suggested fix
Pick one canonical shape and update both sides. Either:
- Switch the parser to read `rawPkg.MEDS_DEV_name` (and infer `entity_type` from context — these are all in the `models:` subcategory), or
- Switch the YAML entries to the nested `MEDS-DEV: { entity_type: model, name: cehrbert }` form the parser already expects.
Found while doing a repo health pass; verified by reading both files.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Read static/data/ecosystem.yaml at the cehrbert, meds_tab, and genhpf entries, then inspect the MEDS-DEV parsing in src/lib/ecosystem/utils.ts around lines 92–97. Choose and confirm one canonical shape, update the YAML and parser consistently, and verify that Package.medsDev is populated so the package cards can link to MEDS-DEV entries.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript, yaml
- Domain
- data
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 68/100