On Links in Code tables (or not links)

[Jegelewicz]

I have been adding links to Github Issues and to Wikidata items in code table definitions. This requires using the make HTML link tool or just knowing how to do it if we want the links to DO something. If you just plop the link in the definition, it is just static text, requiring a copy/paste to follow it.

Note the difference in the links for cheek pouch and chela

As we are now asking all code table updates to include a GitHub Issue, it would be nice to have a column specifically for this that is formatted such that the link allows for clicking through to the issue. Maybe like this

Part name	Collection	Description	GitHub Issue
cheek pouch	Mamm	A pocketlike fold of skin in the cheeks of various animals, such as squirrels, gophers, and monkeys, that functions as a means of carrying food.	#4049

Could we structure that last column so that the link entered automatically appears as a link with the class external so that I don't have to enter
<a href="https://github.com/ArctosDB/arctos/issues/4049" class="external">#4049</a>
? Or is this a pipe dream?

If that is possible, then how about even more magic?

Part name	Collection	Description	Source URL	GitHub Issue
cheek pouch	Mamm	A pocketlike fold of skin in the cheeks of various animals, such as squirrels, gophers, and monkeys, that functions as a means of carrying food.	http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0008802	#4049

This would make it so much easier to document where our definitions came from.