From bfa80cddbcb3194e1cf9cce37c36d2b5ec03d221 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Chris Markiewicz <effigies@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2023 08:17:13 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] ENH: Add column definitions for channels.json

---
 bids-validator/validators/json/json.js        |  2 ++
 .../validators/json/schemas/channels.json     | 36 +++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 38 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 bids-validator/validators/json/schemas/channels.json

diff --git a/bids-validator/validators/json/json.js b/bids-validator/validators/json/json.js
index bf0c8aa65..2f0e63445 100644
--- a/bids-validator/validators/json/json.js
+++ b/bids-validator/validators/json/json.js
@@ -161,6 +161,8 @@ const selectSchema = (file) => {
       schema = require('./schemas/beh.json')
     } else if (file.name.endsWith('_motion.json')) {
       schema = require('./schemas/motion.json')
+    } else if (file.name.endsWith('_channels.json')) {
+      schema = require('./schemas/channels.json')
     }
   }
   return schema
diff --git a/bids-validator/validators/json/schemas/channels.json b/bids-validator/validators/json/schemas/channels.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e6e32f947
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bids-validator/validators/json/schemas/channels.json
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+{
+  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-06/schema#",
+  "type": "object",
+  "properties": {
+    "reference_frame": {
+      "$ref": "common_definitions.json#/definitions/ColumnDescription",
+      "title": "Reference Frame",
+      "properties": {
+        "$ref": "common_definitions.json#/definitions/ColumnDescription/properties",
+        "Levels": {
+          "$ref": "common_definitions.json#/definitions/ColumnDescription/properties/Levels",
+          "properties": {
+            "RotationOrder": {
+              "description": "The sequence in which the extrinsic rotations are applied around the three axes.",
+              "type": "string",
+              "enum": ["XYZ", "XZY", "YXZ", "YZX", "ZXY", "ZYX"]
+            },
+            "RotationRule": {
+              "description": "The direction of rotation around each axis.",
+              "type": "string",
+              "enum": ["left-hand", "right-hand"]
+            },
+            "SpatialAxes": {
+              "description": "The coordinate system in which the motion data are to be interpreted. A sequence of characters from the set `{'A', 'P', 'L', 'R', 'S', 'I', '_'}` indicating the direction of each axis. For example `\"ARS\"` indicates positive values in the X, Y, Z axes are respectively anterior, right, and superior of the origin, while `\"PLI\"` indicates positive values are posterior, left, and inferior of the origin. The `\"_\"` character may be used for unused axes.",
+              "type": "string",
+              "pattern": "^[APLRSI_]{3}$"
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  "patternProperties": {
+    "^.+$": { "$ref": "common_definitions.json#/definitions/ColumnDescription" }
+  }
+}