Containerize the build process and fill in developer documentation

README.md

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 ## Developer Documentation
 
-<details>
-Use the `make` command to generate project artefacts:
+### Updating the submission schema
 
-- `make all`: make everything
-- ~~`make deploy`: deploys site~~
+Here's how you can update the submission schema to use a new version of `nmdc-schema`:
 
-</details>
+1. Update the one occurrence of the `nmdc-schema` version number in `project.Makefile`:
+
+    ```diff
+    local/nmdc.yaml:
+    -        wget -O $@ https://raw.githubusercontent.com/microbiomedata/nmdc-schema/v11.0.1/nmdc_schema/nmdc_materialized_patterns.yaml
+    +        wget -O $@ https://raw.githubusercontent.com/microbiomedata/nmdc-schema/v11.1.0/nmdc_schema/nmdc_materialized_patterns.yaml
+    ```
+
+2. Update all the `nmdc-schema` version numbers in `sheets_and_friends/tsv_in/import_slots_regardless.tsv`
+
+    ```diff
+    - schema_fp: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/microbiomedata/nmdc-schema/v11.0.1/nmdc_schema/nmdc_materialized_patterns.yaml; source_class: Biosample; destination_class: BuiltEnvInterface
+    + schema_fp: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/microbiomedata/nmdc-schema/v11.1.0/nmdc_schema/nmdc_materialized_patterns.yaml; source_class: Biosample; destination_class: BuiltEnvInterface
+    ```
+    > That is one of the _many_ occurrences in that file.
+    >
+    > **Note:** The above search-and-replacement (of all occurrences in that file) can be done inside Vim via:
+    > ```vim
+    > :%s/nmdc-schema\/v11.0.1/nmdc-schema\/v11.1.0/g
+    > ```
+
+### Building the submission schema
+
+Here's how you can generate the submission schema release artifacts:
+
+#### Container-based process
+
+##### Prerequisites
+
+- Docker is installed on your computer
+- You are in the root directory of the repository
+
+##### Procedure
+
+1. Build the container image you will later use to build the submission schema:
+   ```shell
+   docker build -t submission-schema-builder -f builder.Dockerfile .
+   ```
+2. Use that container image to build the submission schema:
+   ```shell
+   docker run --rm -it -v ${PWD}:/submission-schema submission-schema-builder
+   ```
+3. (Optional) Delete the container image:
+   ```shell
+   docker image rm submission-schema-builder
+   ```
+
+#### Direct process
+
+##### Prerequisites
+
+- `yq` is installed on your computer, such that the following command shows a version number instead of an error message.
+  ```shell
+  bash -c 'yq --version'
+  ```
+  If `yq` is not installed, you can install it by running this, assuming you're using macOS:
+  ```shell
+  brew install yq
+  ```
+- `wget` is installed on your computer, such that the following command shows a version number instead of an error message.
+  ```shell
+  bash -c 'wget --version'
+  ```
+  If `wget` is not installed, you can install it by running this, assuming you're using macOS:
+  ```shell
+  brew install wget
+  ```
+
+##### Procedure
+
+1. Install Python dependencies:
+   ```shell
+   poetry shell
+   poetry install
+   ```
+2. Generate the release artefacts:
+   ```shell
+   make all
+   ```
+3. Commit the changes, using the new `nmdc-schema` version number as the commit message; like this:
+   ```shell
+   git add .
+   git commit -m "11.1.0"
+   ```
 
 ## Credits
 

builder.Dockerfile

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+# Introduction: This Dockerfile can be used to build a container image that can, in turn, be used
+#               to "build" (hence, its name, "builder") the submission schema release artifacts.
+
+# Use Python 3.9 because that's the Python version listed in `pyproject.toml`.
+FROM python:3.9
+
+WORKDIR /submission-schema
+
+# Download and install yq.
+# Reference: https://github.com/mikefarah/yq#install
+RUN wget https://github.com/mikefarah/yq/releases/latest/download/yq_linux_amd64 -O /usr/bin/yq && \
+    chmod +x /usr/bin/yq
+
+# Install Poetry, a package manager for Python (an alternative to pip).
+RUN pip install poetry
+
+# Copy the entire repository into the container image.
+#
+# Note: Copying _only_ the dependency lists (i.e. `pyproject.toml` and `poetry.lock`) and then
+#       mounting the entire repository as a volume in the container image at `docker run` time
+#       results in `make all` failing due to the absence of an `nmdc_submission_schema` package.
+#       I haven't yet figured out why that happens, but it doesn't happen if I have copied the
+#       entire repository into the container image here at build time—so, I do the latter.
+#
+ADD . /submission-schema
+
+# Install the project's Python dependencies.
+RUN poetry install --no-interaction
+
+# Run the command that builds the submission schema release artifacts.
+CMD ["make", "all"]