Package: volttron-lib-tagging
VOLTTRON base tagging library that provide common tagging api for users to associate haystack based tags and values to
topic names and topic name prefixes. Implementing agents can persist tags in specific data store.Tags used by this library have to be pre-defined in a resource file at volttron_data/tagging_resources. The
library validates against this predefined list of tags every time user add tags to topics. Tags can be added to one
topic at a time or multiple topics by using a topic name pattern(regular expression). This library uses tags fromproject haystackand adds a few custom tags for campus and VOLTTRON point name.Each tag has an associated value and users can query for topic names based tags and its values using a simplified
sql-like query string. Queries can specify tag names with values or tags without values for boolean tags(markers).
Queries can combine multiple conditions with keyword AND, and OR, and use the keyword NOT to negate a conditions.RequirementsPython >= 3.10InstallationThis library can be installed usingpip install volttron-lib-tagging. However, this is not necessary. Any
implementing tagging agent that uses this library will automatically install it as part of its installation.
For example,  installingSQLiteTaggingAgentwill
automatically install volttron-lib-tagging into the same python environmentDependencies and LimitationsWhen adding tags to topics this library calls the platform.historian's (or a configured historian's)
get_topic_list and hence requires a platform.historian or configured historian to be running, but it doesn't require
the historian to use sqlite3 or any specific database. It requires historian to be running only for using this
api (add_tags) and does not require historian to be running for any other api.Resource files that provides the list of valid tags is mandatory and should be in
data_model/tags.csvTagging library only provides APIs to query for topic names based on tags. Once the list of topic names is retrieved,
users should use the historian APIs to get the data corresponding to those topics.Current version of tagging library does not support versioning of tag/values. When tags values are set it will
overwrite any existing tag entries in the databaseDevelopmentPlease see the following for contributing guidelinescontributing.Please see the following helpful guide aboutdeveloping modular VOLTTRON agentsDisclaimer NoticeThis material was prepared as an account of work sponsored by an agency of the
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