Remove references.txt and categories.txt from repo

These files are now baked into the illustration-validator Docker image.
Updated the download script, CI workflow, and README accordingly.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

Author: adamjohnwright

.github/workflows/validate.yml

@@ -13,14 +13,10 @@ jobs:
       - name: Validate icons and EHLDs
         run: |
           docker run --rm \
-            -v ${{ github.workspace }}/references.txt:/app/references.txt \
-            -v ${{ github.workspace }}/categories.txt:/app/categories.txt \
             -v ${{ github.workspace }}/icons:/data/icons \
             -v ${{ github.workspace }}/ehld:/data/ehld \
             public.ecr.aws/reactome/illustration-validator:latest \
             java -jar ./target/illustration-validator-jar-with-dependencies.jar \
-            -r /app/references.txt \
-            -c /app/categories.txt \
             -e false \
             -d /data/icons \
             -s /data/ehld

README.md

@@ -7,8 +7,7 @@ SVG icons and EHLD diagrams for [Reactome](https://reactome.org/) pathway diagra
 - `icons/` - SVG icons and XML metadata files (R-ICO-XXXXXX.svg and .xml)
 - `ehld/` - EHLD diagram SVGs (R-HSA-XXXXXX.svg)
 - `download_illustrations.py` - Script to download icons and EHLDs from Figma and validate them
-- `references.txt` - Valid reference database names for the icon validator
-- `categories.txt` - Valid category names for the icon validator
+- `VERSION` - Current release version number
 
 ## Prerequisites
 

categories.txt

@@ -33,8 +33,6 @@
 SCRIPT_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
 ICONS_DIR = os.path.join(SCRIPT_DIR, "icons")
 EHLD_DIR = os.path.join(SCRIPT_DIR, "ehld")
-REFERENCES_FILE = os.path.join(SCRIPT_DIR, "references.txt")
-CATEGORIES_FILE = os.path.join(SCRIPT_DIR, "categories.txt")
 
 VALIDATOR_IMAGE = "public.ecr.aws/reactome/illustration-validator:latest"
 
@@ -232,21 +230,12 @@ def validate(do_icons, do_ehlds):
     print("VALIDATING")
     print("=" * 60)
 
-    for f in [REFERENCES_FILE, CATEGORIES_FILE]:
-        if not os.path.exists(f):
-            print(f"Error: {f} not found. Cannot run validation.")
-            return False
-
     cmd = [
         "docker", "run", "--rm",
-        "-v", f"{REFERENCES_FILE}:/app/references.txt",
-        "-v", f"{CATEGORIES_FILE}:/app/categories.txt",
     ]
 
     validator_args = [
         "java", "-jar", "./target/illustration-validator-jar-with-dependencies.jar",
-        "-r", "/app/references.txt",
-        "-c", "/app/categories.txt",
         "-e", "false",
     ]