SidecarMetadata

Definition:

A json file in which to store metadata that applies to a specific datafile within the containing directory. Fields from the file replace the values of the global dataset_description object, and overwrite any fields shared with the directory metadata.

Properties:

Property	Value	Description
baseDir	data	Name of the directory under which the file object is expected to appear.
arbitraryNesting	True	Indicator for whether a given file object is allowed to be nested within an arbitrary number of subdirectories.
suffix	data	String following the final '_' in a filename and preceding the '.' of the extension. Used to identify datafiles primarily.
extensions	['.json']	Extension of current file including initial dot

If object not found:

Property	Value
code	MISSING_SIDECAR_METADATA
level	warning
reason	Optionally, you can provide an additional 'sidecar' metadata file that has the same name as a data file in the same directory (e.g. 'trial-5_data.csv' and 'trial-5_data.json'). It will override dataset_description.json for that specific csv datafile only. For more information on how this "override" works, visit https://psychds-docs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/Schema%20Reference/objects/common_principles/inheritance/