Markdown#

Overview#

Deprecated

We have two Markdown documentation generators within the linkml framework - gen-doc and gen-markdown. It is important to note that while gen-markdown still works, it has been deprecated (no active development) in favour of the de facto gen-doc generator.

Docs#

Command Line#

gen-markdown#

Generate markdown documentation of a LinkML model.

Warning

gen-markdown is deprecated. Please use gen-doc instead.

gen-markdown [OPTIONS] YAMLFILE

Options

-d, --dir <dir>#: Required Output directory

-c, --classes <classes>#: Class(es) to emit

-M, --map-fields <map_fields>#: Map metamodel fields, e.g. slot=field

-i, --img#: Download YUML images to ‘image’ directory

-I, --index-file <index_file>#: Name of markdown file that holds index

--noimages#: Do not (re-)generate images

--noyuml#: Do not add yUML figures to pages

--notypesdir#: Do not create a separate types directory

--warnonexist#: Warn if output file already exists

-V, --version#: Show the version and exit.

-f, --format <format>#

Output format

Default:: 'md'
Options:: md

--metadata, --no-metadata#

Include metadata in output

Default:: True

--useuris, --metauris#

Use class and slot URIs over model uris

Default:: True

-im, --importmap <importmap>#: Import mapping file

--log_level <log_level>#

Logging level

Default:: 'WARNING'
Options:: CRITICAL | ERROR | WARNING | INFO | DEBUG

-v, --verbose#: Verbosity. Takes precedence over –log_level.

--mergeimports, --no-mergeimports#: Merge imports into source file (default=mergeimports)

--stacktrace, --no-stacktrace#

Print a stack trace when an error occurs

Default:: False

Arguments

YAMLFILE#: Required argument

Code#

class linkml.generators.markdowngen.MarkdownGenerator(schema: str | ~typing.TextIO | ~linkml_runtime.linkml_model.meta.SchemaDefinition | ~linkml.utils.generator.Generator | ~pathlib.Path, schemaview: ~linkml_runtime.utils.schemaview.SchemaView | None = None, format: str | None = None, metadata: bool = True, useuris: bool | None = None, log_level: int | None = 30, mergeimports: bool | None = True, source_file_date: str | None = None, source_file_size: int | None = None, logger: ~logging.Logger | None = None, verbose: bool | None = None, output: str | None = None, namespaces: ~linkml_runtime.utils.namespaces.Namespaces | None = None, directory_output: bool = False, base_dir: str = None, metamodel_name_map: dict[str, str] = None, importmap: str | ~collections.abc.Mapping[str, str] | None = None, emit_prefixes: set[str] = <factory>, metamodel: ~linkml.utils.schemaloader.SchemaLoader = None, stacktrace: bool = False, include: str | ~pathlib.Path | ~linkml_runtime.linkml_model.meta.SchemaDefinition | None = None, directory: str | None = None, image_directory: str | None = None, classes: set[linkml_runtime.linkml_model.meta.ClassDefinitionName] = None, image_dir: bool = False, index_file: str = 'index.md', noimages: bool = False, noyuml: bool = False, no_types_dir: bool = False, warn_on_exist: bool = False, gen_classes: set[linkml_runtime.linkml_model.meta.ClassDefinitionName] | None = None, gen_classes_neighborhood: ~linkml.utils.typereferences.References | None = None)[source]#

Generates markdown documentation for a LinkML schema

Each schema element (class, slot, type, enum) is translated into its own markdown file; additionally, an index.md is generated that links everything together.

The markdown is suitable for deployment as a MkDocs or Sphinx site

Deprecated

The MarkdownGenerator class is being deprecated in favor of DocGenerator which can be found at the following path – linkml/generators/docgen.py. Going forward, DocGenerator which can be invoked using the gen-doc command will be the preferred way to generate Markdown documentation files for LinkML schemas.

Deprecated since version v1.9.1.

Recommendation: Update to use gen-doc

serialize(**kwargs) → str#

Generate output in the required format

Parameters:: kwargs – Generator specific parameters
Returns:: Generated output