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94 changes: 94 additions & 0 deletions project-repository-version-control/README.md
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# 🔬 Scientific Project Repository & Version Control Engine

> Comprehensive architectural specification for the atomic unit of open scientific collaboration, hybrid Git/DVC versioning, and reproducible research execution on SCIBASE.

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## 1. Overview & Vision

Each SCIBASE project repository functions as a **unified research container** combining the collaborative code-review power of GitHub, the interactive execution of Jupyter workspaces, and the academic rigor of scientific preprints.

It bundles:
* **Manuscripts:** Dynamic Markdown / LaTeX documents with live computational figures.
* **Datasets:** Multimodal data assets tracked via content-addressed storage (IPFS/DVC).
* **Code & Pipelines:** Production scripts, model architectures, and data transformation steps.
* **Environment Manifests:** Declarative container definitions (Docker, Conda, Nix) guaranteeing 100% computational reproducibility.

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## 2. Standard Scientific Repository Structure

```text
├── manuscript/ # Structured scientific manuscripts (Markdown, LaTeX, Typst)
│ ├── main.md # Primary manuscript with dynamic KaTeX equations
│ └── figures/ # Programmatically rendered SVG/PNG plots
├── data/ # Structured data assets & pointers
│ ├── raw/ # Immutable raw datasets (read-only)
│ └── processed/ # Cleaned, standardized training & evaluation sets
├── code/ # Production analysis scripts & modules
│ ├── src/ # Core algorithms & data pipelines
│ └── tests/ # Automated verification & sanity assertions
├── notebooks/ # Interactive exploration & computational narratives
│ └── analysis.ipynb # Reproducible Jupyter/Marimo notebooks
├── models/ # Model weights, checkpoints & serialized graphs
│ └── checkpoints/ # Git-LFS / DVC-tracked large binaries
├── env/ # Environment & runtime definitions
│ ├── Dockerfile # Root execution container
│ └── environment.yml # Pinned Conda/Mamba dependencies
├── metadata.json # CFF & Schema.org scientific metadata & ORCID IDs
└── README.md # Public project overview & quickstart reproduction guide
```

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## 3. Dual-Layer Version Control Architecture

Scientific projects deal with both small text files (code, papers) and massive binary assets (gigabyte/terabyte datasets, neural weights). SCIBASE implements a dual-layer versioning engine:

```mermaid
graph TD
A[Research Commit / State] --> B{Asset Classifier}
B -->|Code, Markdown, Config| C[Standard Git Engine]
B -->|Large Data, Weights, Arrays| D[Content-Addressed Engine DVC / IPFS / S3]

C --> E[(Git Tree Commit Hash)]
D --> F[(SHA-256 / CID Checkpoint Pointer)]

E --> G[Unified Scientific Release Snapshot]
F --> G
```

### Key Technical Mechanisms:
1. **Lightweight Git Metadata Pointers:** Big datasets generate `.dvc` or `.cid` pointer files committed to Git, while payload bytes are streamed to chunked object storage.
2. **Immutable Snapshot DOIs:** Freezing a release creates an immutable cryptographic hash linked to a persistent Digital Object Identifier (DOI).

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## 4. Reproducibility & Containerized Execution Engine

To ensure that any researcher in the world can reproduce findings in 1 click:
* **Zero-Setup Cloud Runtime:** Every commit builds an isolated container image using root `env/Dockerfile`.
* **Hardware Binding:** Manifests specify exact GPU compute constraints (CUDA version, VRAM requirements, CPU cores).
* **Deterministic Seeds:** Runtime injection of global PRNG seeds across PyTorch, TensorFlow, and NumPy.

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## 5. API & CLI Interface

```bash
# Initialize a new scientific repository
scibase repo init "quantum-coherence-study" --template physics

# Track and version a 10GB dataset
scibase data track data/raw/experiment_run_01.h5

# Execute fully reproducible validation pipeline
scibase run --reproduce
```

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## 6. Verification & Standards Compliance
- [x] Full compliance with **FAIR Principles** (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable).
- [x] Native **Citation File Format (CFF)** export for automated academic attribution.
- [x] Content-addressed SHA-256 integrity verification on all data assets.
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"""
Scientific Project Repository Engine: Data Pointers, FAIR Validation, and CFF Formatting.
"""
import hashlib
import json
from typing import Dict, Any, List

def compute_data_pointer(file_content: bytes, filename: str, backend: str = "DVC_S3") -> Dict[str, Any]:
"""Generates a cryptographic content-addressed pointer for large research files."""
sha256_hash = hashlib.sha256(file_content).hexdigest()
return {
"path": filename,
"storage_backend": backend,
"content_hash": f"sha256:{sha256_hash}",
"size_bytes": len(file_content)
}

def validate_fair_metadata(metadata: Dict[str, Any]) -> bool:
"""Validates that project metadata meets minimal FAIR open science criteria."""
required_fields = ["title", "authors", "license"]
if not all(field in metadata and metadata[field] for field in required_fields):
return False
if not isinstance(metadata.get("authors"), list) or len(metadata["authors"]) == 0:
return False
return True

def generate_cff_citation(metadata: Dict[str, Any]) -> str:
"""Generates standard Citation File Format (CFF) yaml text."""
cff = [
'cff-version: 1.2.0',
f'title: "{metadata.get("title", "Untitled Research Project")}"',
f'license: "{metadata.get("license", "CC-BY-4.0")}"',
'authors:'
]
for author in metadata.get("authors", []):
cff.append(f' - name: "{author.get("name")}"')
if author.get("orcid"):
cff.append(f' orcid: "{author.get("orcid")}"')
return "\n".join(cff)
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import unittest
from repo_engine import compute_data_pointer, validate_fair_metadata, generate_cff_citation

class TestScientificRepoEngine(unittest.TestCase):
def test_data_pointer_generation(self):
sample_bytes = b"experiment_raw_data_array_tensor_01"
pointer = compute_data_pointer(sample_bytes, "experiment_01.h5")
self.assertEqual(pointer["path"], "experiment_01.h5")
self.assertTrue(pointer["content_hash"].startswith("sha256:"))
self.assertEqual(pointer["size_bytes"], len(sample_bytes))

def test_fair_metadata_validation(self):
valid_meta = {
"title": "Quantum Coherence Mapping",
"authors": [{"name": "Dr. Marie Curie", "orcid": "0000-0002-1825-0097"}],
"license": "Apache-2.0"
}
self.assertTrue(validate_fair_metadata(valid_meta))
self.assertFalse(validate_fair_metadata({"title": "Missing Authors"}))

def test_cff_generation(self):
meta = {
"title": "Cosmic Ray Velocity Study",
"license": "MIT",
"authors": [{"name": "Enrico Fermi"}]
}
cff = generate_cff_citation(meta)
self.assertIn("cff-version: 1.2.0", cff)
self.assertIn('title: "Cosmic Ray Velocity Study"', cff)
self.assertIn('license: "MIT"', cff)

if __name__ == "__main__":
unittest.main()
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export type AccessLevel = 'PUBLIC' | 'INSTITUTIONAL' | 'EMBARGOED' | 'PRIVATE';
export type StorageBackend = 'GIT_LFS' | 'DVC_S3' | 'IPFS_CID';

export interface DataPointer {
path: string;
storageBackend: StorageBackend;
contentHash: string; // SHA-256 or IPFS CID
sizeBytes: number;
mimeType: string;
}

export interface ProjectMetadata {
doi?: string;
title: string;
authors: { name: string; orcid?: string; affiliation: string }[];
license: string;
keywords: string[];
reproducibleEnvironment: {
containerImage: string;
cudaVersion?: string;
entrypoint: string;
};
}

export interface ScientificRepository {
id: string;
name: string;
ownerId: string;
accessLevel: AccessLevel;
gitCommitHash: string;
dataPointers: DataPointer[];
metadata: ProjectMetadata;
createdAt: string;
}