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last_review: "2025-01-01"
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```{tags} reference, crawler
```

# CFood-Specification

:::{note}
This page has been migrated from the old documentation, and has not yet been fully revised.
There might be inconsistencies or errors when using with current LinkAhead versions.
:::
% TODO: Issue: https://gitlab.indiscale.com/caosdb/src/linkahead-docs/-/issues/83

CFoods are defined using a YAML find that has to abide by the following specification. The
specification is defined using a JSON schema (see `src/caoscrawler/cfood-schema.yml`). A CFood is
basically composed of converter definitions. A converter definition must have the following
structure:

```{jsonschema} https://gitlab.indiscale.com/caosdb/src/caosdb-crawler/-/raw/main/src/caoscrawler/cfood-schema.yml#/cfood/$defs/converter
```