Introduction to Edits

See also:

• Technical Reference for Edits

• How to create, edit, and delete notes

In OpenReview, an Edit is the object used for creating, modifying, or deleting entities (such as Notes, Groups, Edges, etc.). Edits are posted and then applied via inference rules defined by invitations.

See the API reference for a comprehensive description of the fields of the Edit object. Most commonly, you will interact with the following key fields:

• invitation: ID of the invitation that governs the operation

• signatures: Who is performing the edit

• note: The data of the note (new content or modifications)

• ddate: A timestamp to delete a note (in ms time). The default value for this field is None

Edits and Inference

Inference refers to how the system processes edits. The target invitation defines what kind of edits are allowed, what metadata is required, and how the system responds to them (e.g., assigning readers, creating edges, triggering workflows).

• Invitations can specify a process function that determines side effects.

• The system checks permissions, field formats, and required values using the invitation’s rules.

Below is an example of an edit to a review. The Edit object includes the metadata for the Edit, and nested within is the metadata and content for the Note to be updated.

There are two different reader fields here - one for the Edit (outer layer) and one within the Note object which are the readers of the Note to update. When updating the readers, it is helpful to double-check that the correct values are being update.

{'cdate': 1750702362496,
 'content': None,
 'ddate': None,
 'domain': 'TC/2024/Conference',
 'group': None,
 'id': 'a9tHyMftoj',
 'invitation': 'TC/2024/Conference/Submission1/-/Official_Review',
 'invitations': None,
 'nonreaders': ['TC/2024/Conference/Submission1/Authors'],
 'note': Note(id = 'vz9qfSrB0P',
              number = 1,
              cdate = None,
              pdate = None,
              odate = None,
              mdate = None,
              tcdate = None,
              tmdate = None,
              ddate = None,
              content = {'title': {'value': 'Good paper, accept'}, 
                        'review': {'value': 'Excellent paper, accept'}, 
                        'rating': {'value': 8}, 
                        'confidence': {'value': 5}},
              forum = 'lOns9yOgZf',
              replyto = 'lOns9yOgZf',
              readers = ['TC/2024/Conference/Program_Chairs', 'TC/2024/Conference/Submission1/Senior_Area_Chairs', 'TC/2024/Conference/Submission1/Area_Chairs', 'TC/2024/Conference/Submission1/Reviewer_4iHs'],
              nonreaders = ['TC/2024/Conference/Submission1/Authors'],
              signatures = ['TC/2024/Conference/Submission1/Reviewer_4iHs'],
              writers = ['TC/2024/Conference', 'TC/2024/Conference/Submission1/Reviewer_4iHs'],
              details = None,
              invitations = None,parent_invitations = None,domain = None,license = None),
 'readers': ['TC/2024/Conference/Program_Chairs',
             'TC/2024/Conference/Submission1/Senior_Area_Chairs',
             'TC/2024/Conference/Submission1/Area_Chairs',
             'TC/2024/Conference/Submission1/Reviewer_4iHs'],
 'signatures': ['TC/2024/Conference/Submission1/Reviewer_4iHs'],
 'tauthor': 'openreview.net',
 'tcdate': 1750702362496,
 'tmdate': 1750702362496,
 'writers': ['TC/2024/Conference']}