From b79b39a73f81dbc711c69832f6529d58e42169cc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Frederick Muriuki Muriithi
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2026 09:07:21 -0500
Subject: Add a comment note on phenotype resources.

---
 uploader/phenotypes/views.py | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/uploader/phenotypes/views.py b/uploader/phenotypes/views.py
index 9cacf61..c03f3f5 100644
--- a/uploader/phenotypes/views.py
+++ b/uploader/phenotypes/views.py
@@ -317,6 +317,11 @@ def create_dataset(species: dict, population: dict, **kwargs):# pylint: disable=
         dataset_shortname = (
             form["dataset-shortname"] or form["dataset-name"]).strip()
         _pheno_dataset = save_new_dataset(
+            # It's not necessary to update the authorisation server to register
+            # new phenotype resource here, since each phenotype trait can, in
+            # theory, have its own access control allowing/disallowing access to
+            # it. In practice, however, we tend to gather multiple traits into a
+            # single resource for access control.
             cursor,
             population["Id"],
             form["dataset-name"].strip(),
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