Generate string manual-order ranks

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@tasknotes/model",
-  "version": "0.3.0-rc.8",
+  "version": "0.3.0-rc.9",
 	"description": "TaskNotes model, mapping, validation, recurrence, and operation-planning reference implementation.",
 	"license": "MIT",
 	"type": "module",

src/generated/tasknotes-data-contract.ts

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ export const TASKNOTES_TASK_SCHEMA = {
 	"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 	"$id": "https://tasknotes.dev/schemas/tasknotes-task.schema.json",
 	"title": "TaskNotes portable task view",
-	"description": "The storage-neutral record view exposed by the tasknotes.task 0.3.0-rc.2 record contract.",
+	"description": "The storage-neutral record view exposed by the tasknotes.task 0.3.0-rc.3 record contract.",
 	"type": "object",
 	"required": [
 		"status",
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ export const TASKNOTES_TASK_SCHEMA = {
 			}
 		},
 		"sortOrder": {
-			"type": "number"
+			"type": "string"
 		}
 	}
 } as const;
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ export const TASKNOTES_TASK_BINDING_SCHEMA = {
 	"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 	"$id": "https://tasknotes.dev/schemas/tasknotes-task-binding.schema.json",
 	"title": "TaskNotes task data-contract binding",
-	"description": "Semantic configuration supplied by an mdbase type that implements tasknotes.task 0.3.0-rc.2.",
+	"description": "Semantic configuration supplied by an mdbase type that implements tasknotes.task 0.3.0-rc.3.",
 	"type": "object",
 	"required": [
 		"profiles",

src/mdbase.ts

@@ -578,7 +578,7 @@ export function buildTaskNotesMdbaseResources(
 		mapping.googleCalendarMovedOriginalDates,
 		arraySchema(dateSchema(legacyCompatibility), legacyCompatibility)
 	);
-	addField("sortOrder", mapping.sortOrder, numberSchema({}, legacyCompatibility));
+	addField("sortOrder", mapping.sortOrder, stringSchema({}, legacyCompatibility));
 
 	for (const userField of modelConfig.userFields) {
 		properties[userField.key] = userFieldSchema(userField, legacyCompatibility);

src/types.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-export const TASKNOTES_SPEC_VERSION = "0.3.0-rc.2";
+export const TASKNOTES_SPEC_VERSION = "0.3.0-rc.3";
 
 export type JsonPrimitive = string | number | boolean | null;
 export type JsonValue = JsonPrimitive | JsonObject | JsonValue[];

test/mdbase.test.mjs

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import {
 function implementation(type) {
 	return type.implements.find(
 		(entry) =>
-			entry.contract === "tasknotes.task" && entry.version === "0.3.0-rc.2"
+			entry.contract === "tasknotes.task" && entry.version === "0.3.0-rc.3"
 	);
 }
 
@@ -30,10 +30,10 @@ test("builds one canonical TaskNotes and mdbase collection contract", () => {
 	assert.equal(resources.config.settings.contracts_folder, "_contracts");
 	assert.equal(resources.contract.id, "tasknotes.task");
 	assert.equal(resources.contract.contract_type, "record");
-	assert.equal(resources.contract.version, "0.3.0-rc.2");
+	assert.equal(resources.contract.version, "0.3.0-rc.3");
 	assert.ok(resources.contract.record_schema);
 	assert.equal(taskImplementation.contract, "tasknotes.task");
-	assert.equal(taskImplementation.version, "0.3.0-rc.2");
+	assert.equal(taskImplementation.version, "0.3.0-rc.3");
 	assert.deepEqual(extension.profiles, [
 		"core-lite",
 		"recurrence",
@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@ test("builds one canonical TaskNotes and mdbase collection contract", () => {
 		items: { type: "string", minLength: 1 },
 		uniqueItems: true,
 	});
+	assert.deepEqual(schema.properties[taskImplementation.fields.sortOrder], {
+		type: "string",
+	});
 	assert.deepEqual(type.collection.links["attachments[]"], {
 		validate_exists: false,
 	});
@@ -97,7 +100,7 @@ test("packages the contract, implementation, and schemas as one digest-pinned ty
 	const pack = await buildTaskNotesMdbaseTypePack(resources);
 
 	assert.deepEqual(pack.provides, [
-		{ id: "tasknotes.task", version: "0.3.0-rc.2" },
+		{ id: "tasknotes.task", version: "0.3.0-rc.3" },
 	]);
 	assert.equal(pack.manifest.kind, "mdbase.type-pack");
 	assert.equal(pack.manifest.id, "tasknotes.task");