chore(deps): bump biolink-model to 4.4.6 and drop the absorbed population_context_qualifier grants

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Bumps the pinned biolink-model to 4.4.6, restoring an accurate BIOLINK_VERSION, and drops the CLASS_FIELD_OVERRIDES grants the release absorbed upstream. Follows the 4.4.5 bump pattern (#209).

Version registration

• BIOLINK_VERSION reports 4.4.6 again. The 4.4.5 PyPI wheel bundled a schema whose version string still read 4.4.4 (documented as a known upstream quirk in chore(deps): bump biolink-model to 4.4.5 and drop absorbed class-field grants #209), so the pin never surfaced in reports or validation output. The 4.4.6 wheel's schema registers 4.4.6, verified against both importlib.metadata.version("biolink-model") and the bundled biolink_model.yaml schema version.
• pyproject.toml pin: biolink-model>=4.4.6, with uv.lock relocked.

Absorbed grants

• population_context_qualifier grant removed from both pinned classes. biolink-model 4.4.6 attached the slot natively to EntityToDiseaseAssociation / EntityToPhenotypicFeatureAssociation (and to GeneToDiseaseAssociation), so the tripwire fired exactly as designed. The removed entries stay in CLASS_FIELD_OVERRIDES as commented examples for future grants, per the established pattern.
• Remaining deliberate grants are temporal_context_qualifier on both classes plus sex_qualifier on EntityToDiseaseAssociation; CATEGORY_OVERRIDES (GenomicEntity mixin) and PREDICATE_OVERRIDES (prevention family) are still ahead of the model and unchanged.
• prune_to_class consequence: population_context_qualifier is now kept natively on the whole disease/phenotype family, including the previously ungranted GeneToDiseaseAssociation; the slot is scalar Optional[str], so kept values pass through unchanged.

Test ripples

• Tripwire: test_class_field_overrides_track_the_installed_model asserts the reduced grant map (temporal on both, sex on disease side only).
• Probe swap: test_validate_record_tolerates_class_field_override_grants now probes temporal_context_qualifier, since population_context_qualifier validates natively and would exercise nothing; the GeneToDiseaseAssociation control still rejects the probe.
• Prune test: test_prune_to_class_keeps_class_field_override_grants asserts population_context_qualifier survives on the control row and drops it from the pruned-column assertions; regulatory_approvals still prunes on the control (4.4.5 attached it to the two pinned classes only).

Docs

• docs/configuration/table.md allowed-edge-fields prose updated for the 4.4.6 attachment and the reduced grant stack.
• CHANGELOG.md Unreleased entry records the registration fix and the dropped grant.

Testing

• make check -> exit 0: ruff check and format clean, uv run pyright 0 errors, uv run pytest 1726 passed / 52 skipped, cargo test 155 passed, cargo clippy --all-targets -- -D warnings clean.
• uv run python -c "from tablassert.biolink import BIOLINK_VERSION; print(BIOLINK_VERSION)" -> 4.4.6

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Compatibility
  • Updated support for Biolink Model 4.4.6. Population context qualifiers are now recognized natively across disease and phenotype association classes, without requiring class-specific grants.
• Documentation
  • Clarified which qualifiers are provided natively by the model and which still require class-specific grants.
  • Updated the unreleased changelog with the model upgrade and information-source validation command options.

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The minimum Biolink Model version is raised to 4.4.6. Tablassert removes two class-scoped population_context_qualifier grants and updates related documentation and tests. The changelog also records the validate-infores command.

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Biolink qualifier updates

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Biolink version and qualifier grants pyproject.toml, src/tablassert/biolink.py, docs/configuration/table.md, CHANGELOG.md	The minimum Biolink Model version changes to 4.4.6. The population_context_qualifier grants are removed from both association classes. Documentation and changelog entries are updated; the changelog also documents validate-infores.
Qualifier validation and pruning tests tests/test_biolink.py, tests/test_lib.py	Tests reflect the remaining class-specific grants and verify that population_context_qualifier is retained across the disease/phenotype association family.

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The 4.4.6 model supplies population context natively, with no user-facing failure established. The change is mergeable; a direct validation assertion would better protect that behavior.

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457-463: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Cover native population qualifier validation.

test_validate_record_tolerates_class_field_override_grants only places temporal_context_qualifier in base. Its assertions do not exercise native acceptance of population_context_qualifier. The pruning test calls prune_to_class directly, so it cannot detect a validation-only regression.

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         "agent_type": "data_analysis_pipeline",
         "temporal_context_qualifier": "TIME:1",
+        "population_context_qualifier": "NCIT:C25667",

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Review comment at @tests/test_biolink.py around lines 457 - 463:
Update the base record in
test_validate_record_tolerates_class_field_override_grants to include
population_context_qualifier, ensuring validate_record exercises native
acceptance of that qualifier for the permitted association categories while
retaining the control assertion for the forbidden category.

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- Around line 457-463: Update the base record in
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population_context_qualifier, ensuring validate_record exercises native
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