Add spectrum scan time and scans.scan_start_time

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features

  • Added scan metadata access, including scan start times and spectrum scan-time retrieval.
  • Added support for scans, precursors, selected ions, and products as data categories.
  • Added file lookup by entity type and data category.
  • Added convenient decoding helpers for scalar, list, optional, and non-null data.

• Bug Fixes

  • Improved metadata table indexing and validation.
  • Missing scan metadata now falls back gracefully instead of causing an error.

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Changes

Metadata and schema integration

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Data-kind contract and file schema include/mzpeak/schema/data_kind.h, src/schema/data_kind.cpp, include/mzpeak/schema/file.h, src/schema/file.cpp, test/index_test.cpp	DataKind now supports known and custom values, metadata classification, and new scan-related types. File stores string data kinds directly and removes association logic.
Indexed metadata lookup include/mzpeak/util/manager.h, src/util/manager.cpp, src/metadata/table.cpp	Manager finds files by entity and data-kind type. Table selects index or source_index and throws when the selected column is missing.
Slice decoding and spectrum metadata include/mzpeak/util/slice.h, include/mzpeak/metadata/spectrum.h, src/metadata/spectrum.cpp	Slice adds decoding helpers for scalar, list, array, optional, and non-null values. Spectrum metadata reads scan time through the new helpers.
Scan metadata loading and access include/mzpeak/metadata/scans.h, src/metadata/scans.cpp, include/mzpeak/spectrum.h, src/spectrum.cpp, meson.build, test/spectra_test.cpp	Scans loads indexed MS scan-start times from Parquet. Spectrum caches scan metadata and falls back to the first scan start time when spectrum scan time is absent.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Spectrum
  participant Manager
  participant Scans
  participant Parquet
  Spectrum->>Manager: find_file(MS, Scans)
  Manager-->>Spectrum: scans file or no file
  Spectrum->>Scans: load current spectrum index
  Scans->>Parquet: read indexed scan-start times
  Parquet-->>Scans: scan metadata
  Scans-->>Spectrum: cached scans
  Spectrum-->>Spectrum: return scan time

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Poem

A rabbit reads scans in a neat little row

Parquet hums softly as timestamps flow
Data kinds gather, both known and unknown
Slices skip nulls with a hop and a tone
Spectrum finds time when its own time is gone

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Description Check	✅ Passed	Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly identifies the main feature changes: spectrum scan-time support and the scans scan_start_time metadata.
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Inline comments:
In `@src/spectrum.cpp`:
- Around line 70-83: Update the Spectrum constructor to initialize scan_time_
from meta.scan_time() before the scan-time fallback is used. Preserve
scan_time()’s existing cached value and scans().raw() fallback behavior when
metadata does not provide a time.

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📒 Files selected for processing (17)

• include/mzpeak/metadata/scans.h
• include/mzpeak/metadata/spectrum.h
• include/mzpeak/schema/data_kind.h
• include/mzpeak/schema/file.h
• include/mzpeak/spectrum.h
• include/mzpeak/util/manager.h
• include/mzpeak/util/slice.h
• meson.build
• src/metadata/scans.cpp
• src/metadata/spectrum.cpp
• src/metadata/table.cpp
• src/schema/data_kind.cpp
• src/schema/file.cpp
• src/spectrum.cpp
• src/util/manager.cpp
• test/index_test.cpp
• test/spectra_test.cpp

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