ErrorCategory

Python object: phenotypic.schema._error_category.ErrorCategory

Closed taxonomy of detection-error categories for object triage.

The enum value is the category-prefixed header (ErrorCategory_<label>) per the MeasurementInfo convention, but callers persist and compare on the bare ~MeasurementInfo.label (e.g. "debris"). Use from_label to resolve a stored token back to a member.

Category: ErrorCategory

Column label	Description	Type
ErrorCategory_oversegmented	One colony split into multiple detections.	Quality
ErrorCategory_undersegmented	A single colony under-detected — its mask captured too small or only partially covering the colony.	Quality
ErrorCategory_merged	Multiple touching colonies detected as one object.	Quality
ErrorCategory_background_noise	Not a colony — agar texture, reflection, or vignette.	Quality
ErrorCategory_debris	Dust, scratch, bubble, or other plate artifact.	Quality
ErrorCategory_other	Removed without a specified reason (the catch-all bucket).	Quality