Form: Add default properties for a new object?
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Description
When using ui:Multiple, currently a new object is created and linked to the subject with the specified ui:property.
https://github.com/solid/solid-ui/blob/c4ad302f361cc4a1de24941a475cb66333c43805/src/widgets/forms.js#L273
The form to use for the new object is then specified by ui:part
It appears there is currently no way to specify default properties for the new object, e.g. its rdf:type.
For rdf:type in particular, this means that forms for the new object will not be rendered by solid-panes, which discovers the relevant form based on its class.
Possible solutions
I don't whether there is a need for a more general templating mechanism, but at least for rdf:type, a solution could be to allow ui:Multiple to also use ui:category (as for ui:Classifier) or ui:targetClass (as for ui:Autocomplete)
Another option would be to specify ui:from (as for ui:Choice) instead of ui:part, and choose the ui:creationForm based on the specified rdfs:Class.
Example use case
Generating a new observation
sosa:Observation ui:annotationForm :ObsForm.
:ObservationList ui:annotationForm :ObsListForm.
:ObsListForm
a ui:Multiple;
ui:part :ObsForm;
ui:property rdfs:member;
ui:category sosa:Observation.
:ThisObsList a :ObservationList.
Creating a new object in :ThisObsList would generate:
:ThisObsList rdfs:member :id1639432788935.
:id1639432788935 a sosa:Observation.
Edit: I've got an patch using ui:category here: https://github.com/josephguillaume/my-solidos-patches/blob/2860861f3ce4ddde9a8b0831ca520e4492878991/solid-ui.diff#L32
Edit: incidentally it's possible to get the desired behaviour by using ui:reverse with rdf:type as the ui:property
sosa:Observation ui:annotationForm :ObsForm.
:dummyClass ui:annotationForm :ObsListForm.
sosa:Observation a :dummyClass.
:ObsListForm
a ui:Multiple;
ui:part :ObsForm;
ui:reverse 1;
ui:property rdf:type.
Visiting sosa:Observation builds a form for :dummyClass which generates triples:
:newsubject a sosa:Observation
This might be more of a curiosity than a real solution.
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Research direction
Start in src/widgets/forms.js around line 273 and compare how ui:Multiple handles ui:part with the ui:category, ui:targetClass, and ui:from patterns described in the issue. Determine which approach should define default properties for a newly created object, using the sosa:Observation example as the acceptance case. Done means the new object receives its default rdf:type and solid-panes can render its form.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript
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- frontend
- Issue type
- Feature
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- 5/5
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- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
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- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100