Unclear what to do with query parameters

[fbacall]

The /tools endpoint allows the user to pass various query parameters to filter by: https://ga4gh.github.io/tool-registry-service-schemas/preview/2.0.0/docs/html5/index.html#_parameters

but for description, for example, it just says "The description of the tool.". What should the implementing service do with this? An exact string match? Partial?

(Also, is this the right repo to raise issues with the validator?)

┆Issue is synchronized with this Jira Story
┆containerName: GA4GH tool-registry-service
┆Issue Number: TRS-39

[garyluu]

You can create valdiator issues at: https://github.com/ga4gh/tool-registry-validator/issues

[coverbeck]

but for description, for example, it just says "The description of the tool.". What should the implementing service do with this? An exact string match? Partial?

FWIW, the Dockstore implementation does a partial match. But it seems like it should be formally defined in the spec, unless the intent was to give flexibility to the implementers.

[uniqueg]

Until this is clearly specified, we are implementing an exact match for the moment.