OpenAssetIO / OpenAssetIO/OpenAssetIO-TraitGen

Specification "inheritance"

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Description

What

Determine if/what a mechanism would look like that helps people create new specifications that extend existing ones.

For example, extending an ImageSpecification with another trait to make a TextureSpecification

Why

Presently, you have to copy-paste all the traits, which introduces the possibility of error, and precludes any easy way to follow (or even observe) the intended dependency.

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  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

No files, tests, or entry points are named. Start by surveying how the YAML descriptions are parsed and how specifications and traits are generated. The issue is complete only when a documented inheritance mechanism is defined and its behavior and dependency relationships are covered.

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Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
tooling
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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