Manage records & ontologies

Many use cases involving records management are primarily UI-based. However, the API allows you to perform all UI actions, too, see Record. Use cases involving ontology management are largely API-based and documented here: Manage biological ontologies .

A Record is one of three kinds:

• Record page — a type without a schema (record.is_page)

• Record frame — a type constrained by a schema (record.is_frame)

• Data record — a record that is not a type (record.is_data)

The following video provides an overview of the interplay of flexible records and ontology management on the UI:

Link transforms to a record

Click on the “Link” button in the “Transforms” card of the record page, e.g., here: https://lamin.ai/laminlabs/lamindata/record/mPiUOc67hQAw4Pgz

Select a transform:

You can now launch the transform via the small “Launch” button, directly from the record:

Export record frames as artifacts

Click on “Export to Artifact” to save all data records under a type as an artifact.

In the API, call to_artifact() for a record frame.