who/what is responsible for declaring and monitoring data_portal_subset elements?

[turbomam]

This is a question about using subsets to let responsible parties know when a change in modeling may effect portal functionality.

The nmdc-schema has a data_portal_subset. It is documented on this page: https://microbiomedata.github.io/nmdc-schema/DataPortalSubset/

data_portal_subset:
  description:
    Subset consisting of entities that Kitware/nmdc-server use to populate the data portal.
  comments:
    - Schema authors are responsible for alerting and supporting Kitware and nmdc-server authors 
      about changes they will have to make if entities labeled with data_portal_subset are modified.
    - Assignment of the data_portal_subset is incomplete in the schema.

I really like the spirit of this subset, but am concerned that

• the way it is being applied to schema elements is inconsistent
• the communication responsibilities are be easy to forget.

For example, when the DOI modelling was changed from multiple free standing slots to a class, that had an impact of the SubmissionPortal. Should we have a submission_portal_subset? Who communicate the new modeling to SubmissionPortal maintainers?

see also

• Enhance gendoc for subset pages linkml/linkml#1735