relative or absolute paths

Author: JSabadin

luxonis_ml/data/README.md

@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ Each data entry should be a dictionary with one of the following structures, dep
 
 ```python
 {
-    "file": str,  # absolute path to the image file
+    "file": str,  # path to the image file
     "task_name": Optional[str],  # task for this annotation
     "annotation": Optional[dict]  # annotation of the instance in the file
 }
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ Each data entry should be a dictionary with one of the following structures, dep
 
 ```python
 {
-    "files": dict[str, str],  # mapping from input source name to absolute file path
+    "files": dict[str, str],  # mapping from input source name to file path
     "task_name": Optional[str],  # task for this annotation
     "annotation": Optional[dict]  # annotation of the instance in the files
 }
@@ -133,8 +133,8 @@ In the multi-input format, the keys in the `files` dictionary are arbitrary stri
 ```python
 {
     "files": {
-        "img_rgb": "absolute/path/to/rgb_image.png",
-        "img_ir": "absolute/path/to/infrared_image.png"
+        "img_rgb": "path/to/rgb_image.png",
+        "img_ir": "path/to/infrared_image.png"
     },
     "task_name": "detection",
     "annotation": {

luxonis_ml/data/datasets/annotation.py

@@ -561,6 +561,11 @@ def validate_files(cls, values: dict[str, Any]) -> dict[str, Any]:
         values = deepcopy(values)
         if "file" in values:
             values["files"] = {"image": values.pop("file")}
+        if "files" in values:
+            files_dict = values["files"]
+            values["files"] = {
+                k: Path(v).resolve() for k, v in files_dict.items()
+            }
         return values
 
     def to_parquet_rows(self) -> Iterable[ParquetRecord]: