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Clarify encoding of OPTIMADE timestamp in property definitions. #444

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7 changes: 7 additions & 0 deletions optimade.rst
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Expand Up @@ -1947,6 +1947,13 @@ The format described in this subsection forms a subset of the `JSON Schema Valid
- One of the strings :val:`"boolean"`, :val:`"object"` (refers to an OPTIMADE dictionary), :val:`"array"` (refers to an OPTIMADE list), :val:`"number"` (refers to an OPTIMADE float), :val:`"string"`, or :val:`"integer"`.
- A list where the first item MUST be one of the strings above, and the second item MUST be the string :val:`"null"`.

For OPTIMADE data types not covered above:

- timestamps are represented by setting the :field:`type` field to :val:`"string"` and the :field:`format` field to :val:`"date-time"`.
In this case it is MANDATORY to include the field :field:`format`.

Output formats that represent these OPTIMADE data types in other ways have to recognize them and reinterpret the definition accordingly.

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