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Refuse a transform whose vector does not span its axes - #710

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Refs #667 — the arity half of "the data model does not follow the schema of its own version", taken up as offered there.

A scale of two values over three axes is metadata no consumer can apply, and nothing caught it. Measured on main before this change, writing a 0.4 store whose scale vector carries two values for three axes:

  • multiscales level: written as [{'scale': [2.0, 2.0], 'type': 'scale'}], and validate(..., version='0.4') passes — the bundled schema constrains what these vectors hold, not how many;
  • dataset level: identical, same short vector written, same silent pass — and that is the mainstream path, since every store carries dataset-level transforms.

From 0.6 a transform is checked against the coordinate systems it names (validate_transform). Before it, nobody did: the 0.4 and 0.5 models carry no validation of their own. _gate_transform_arity makes the same claim for the axes, at both levels and at every version, where the writer already holds them.

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  • Short and long vectors refused at the multiscales level (parametrized), and at the dataset level.
  • Full suite: 1454 passed, 3 skipped. Lint clean.

Independent of #708; no rebase needed either way.

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  • Bug Fixes

    • Added validation to reject scale and translation transformations whose values don’t match the number of source axes.
    • Prevents invalid multiscale and dataset-level transformations, including nested transformation sequences, from being serialized.
    • Supports validation against referenced coordinate systems and intrinsic axes.
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    • Added regression coverage for invalid transformations in v0.4 and v0.6 data.
    • Added coverage confirming valid coordinate-system-based transformations round-trip successfully.

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Comment thread py/ngff_zarr/to_ngff_zarr.py Outdated
(``validate_transform``); this is the same claim for the axes, at both levels and at every
version, made where the writer already holds them.
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axes = len(getattr(metadata, "axes", None) or ())

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P1 Badge Resolve arity against each transform's named systems

For 0.6/0.9 multiscale-level transforms, the vector applies to the transform's named input/output coordinate systems, not necessarily the intrinsic metadata.axes. A valid two-value scale between two 2D named systems in a store whose intrinsic system is 3D is therefore rejected here. The existing v0.6 structural-validation model explicitly permits those system axis counts to differ, so derive the expected arity from the referenced coordinate systems instead.

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Confirmed and fixed. The layout is one this repository's own field stores produce: a 4-axis intrinsic system (c, z, y, x) beside a 3-axis spatial one. A legal scale between two named 3-axis systems was refused there:

the multiscales coordinateTransformations[0] (scale) gives 3 scale values for the 4 axes it applies to

The count now comes from the systems a transform references, when they resolve, and from the intrinsic axes otherwise, which is every 0.4 and 0.5 transform since none names a system:

named = {
    systems[reference.name]
    for reference in (
        getattr(transform, "input", None),
        getattr(transform, "output", None),
    )
    if reference is not None and reference.name in systems
}
spans = named or inherited

Pinned by test_a_transform_spans_the_systems_it_names, which writes that store at 0.6 and reads the entry back; it fails on the pre-fix gate with the refusal above.

Comment thread py/ngff_zarr/to_ngff_zarr.py Outdated
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for index, transform in enumerate(transforms):
for field in ("scale", "translation"):
vector = getattr(transform, field, None)

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P2 Badge Descend into transformation sequences

When writing 0.6/0.9 metadata, dataset transforms are normally TransformSequence objects, with the actual Scale and Translation stored in transform.transformations. Inspecting only attributes of the outer transform means a malformed nested vector still passes this gate and is serialized, leaving the mainstream v0.6 representation unprotected by the validation introduced here.

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Right, and it left the mainstream 0.6 case unprotected rather than only a corner of it. _prepare_metadata(ms, "0.6") puts a dataset's scale and translation inside a single TransformSequence, whose own attributes hold no vector, so a nested [1.0, 2.0, 1.5] over four axes passed the gate untouched and was serialized.

The check now descends, a member inheriting the span of the sequence that holds it, since members name no system of their own:

members = getattr(transform, "transformations", None) or ()
for position, member in enumerate(members):
    _gate_spans(member, f"{where}.transformations[{position}]", systems, spans)

The error names where it sat: dataset 'scale0/image' coordinateTransformations[0].transformations[0] (scale) gives 3 scale values for the 4 axes it applies to. Pinned by test_a_scale_nested_in_a_sequence_is_checked, which fails on the pre-fix gate because nothing raised.

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The writer now validates scale and translation vector arity for multiscale-level and dataset-level transformations, including nested sequences, before serialization. Tests cover invalid v0.4 and v0.6 vectors and valid coordinate-system references.

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Transform arity validation

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Validate transformation vector lengths
py/ngff_zarr/to_ngff_zarr.py
Validation checks scale and translation vectors against referenced coordinate systems or intrinsic axes. Recursive validation covers nested transformations.
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py/ngff_zarr/to_ngff_zarr.py, py/test/test_ngff_validation.py
The writer runs validation after version conversion and before serialization. Tests cover invalid v0.4 vectors, invalid nested v0.6 scales, and valid v0.6 coordinate-system references.

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The change rejects transform vectors whose length does not match the declared axes, preventing invalid metadata from being written; no actionable merge-blocking risk remains beyond normal checks and review.

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A scale of two values over three axes is metadata no consumer can apply, and
nothing caught it: the 0.4 and 0.5 models carry no validation of their own,
from 0.6 Scale and Translation inherit a validate that checks nothing, and the
bundled schemas constrain what these vectors hold rather than how many. Such a
store was written and read back as valid at every version, at the multiscales
level and the dataset level alike.

Which axes a vector spans is the transform's own question. From 0.6 a transform
maps between the coordinate systems it names, whose arity need not be the
intrinsic one: a spatial system beside a channel axis is what a field transform
declares. So the count comes from the systems a transform references when they
resolve, and from the intrinsic axes otherwise, which is every 0.4 and 0.5
transform. At 0.6 a dataset's scale and translation sit inside a sequence, so
the check descends into one.

Refs #667.
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