Description

Send a value of schemas.Algorithm and not models.Algorithm when linking records.

Related Issues

closes #294

Additional Notes

When we save the Algorithm configuration to the database, we store many values as strings (eg blocking keys, features, functions, etc). However, when using the configuration during linkage, we prefer using the enum, functions and objects those strings represent. Previously, this meant we have to cast the string values to its native type in the link and compare methods.

By converting the model data back to a schema.Algorithm object, we can do that casting one time before the linkage process kicks off. This helps simplify our linkage logic a bit as it no longer needs to worry about how to cast strings back to their native data types.

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