fix from meeting

Author: CodyCBakerPhD

nwbinspector/register_checks.py

@@ -154,6 +154,15 @@ def auto_parse(check_function, obj, result: Optional[InspectorMessage] = None):
         return auto_parsed_result
 
 
+known_location_dict = dict(
+    nwbfile="/",
+    subject="/subject",
+    devices="/general/devices",
+    electrode_group="/general/extracellular_ephys/",
+    # TODO: add ophys equivalents
+)
+
+
 def parse_location(neurodata_object) -> str:
     """Infer the human-readable path of the object within an NWBFile by tracing its parents."""
     if neurodata_object.parent is None:
@@ -165,22 +174,4 @@ def parse_location(neurodata_object) -> str:
         for field in neurodata_object.fields.values():
             if isinstance(field, h5py.Dataset):
                 return "/".join(field.parent.name.split("/")[:-1]) + "/"
-    try:
-        # General case for nested modules not containing Datasets
-        level = neurodata_object
-        level_names = []
-        while level.parent.name != "root":
-            level_names.append(level.parent.name)
-            level = level.parent
-        # Determine which field of the NWBFile contains the previous recent level
-        invalid_field_names = ["timestamps_reference_time", "session_start_time"]
-        possible_fields = level.parent.fields
-        for field_name in invalid_field_names:
-            if field_name in possible_fields:
-                possible_fields.pop(field_name)
-        for field_name, field in possible_fields.items():
-            if level.name in field:
-                level_names.append(field_name)
-        return "/" + "/".join(level_names[::-1]) + "/"
-    except Exception:
-        return ""
+    return known_location_dict.get(neurodata_object, None)