[T2TRG] Github Actions for SDF converters and oneDM playground models

[Jan Romann <[e-mail]>]

Dear all,

I am currently working on a converter [1] between SDF and Web of Things
(WoT) Thing Descriptions (TDs) and Thing Models (TMs). As a follow-up to
the discussions during the IETF hackathon, I set up a repository [2]
that is automatically updated with models from the OneDM playground that
have been converted to TMs whenever a push to the converter's main
branch occurs. This process is realized by a Github Actions workflow [3]
and a simple script [4] which iterates over all playground models. It
should be easily adaptable if you are also developing a converter from
SDF to another format, especially when it comes to converters that can
be used as a command line tool. For granting the comitting Action
access, you need to set up an API key with write permissions for the
destination repository and store it in the converter repository as a
secret [5].

A point that might be worth discussing in this context is if the
repositories with converted models should rather be located in the oneDM
(or ASDF) Github organization or if they should be maintained by the
converter developers themselves.

Best regards,

Jan Romann

[1] https://github.com/JKRhb/sdf-wot-converter-py
[2] https://github.com/JKRhb/onedm-playground-wot-tm
[3]
https://github.com/JKRhb/sdf-wot-converter-py/blob/main/.github/workflows/convert_sdf_models.yml
[4]
https://github.com/JKRhb/sdf-wot-converter-py/blob/main/convert_playground.sh
[5] See here for more information regarding the Action in the workflow:
https://github.com/marketplace/actions/push-a-file-to-another-repository