Add system metadata example

[jfriedri-ni]

What does this Pull Request accomplish?

• Adds a new example named system that
  • uses System Configuration API to detect hardware and software on the local host
  • uses Metadata Store API to publish that information to the NI Data Store
  • uses Data Store API to retrieve the corresponding records from the database

Why should this Pull Request be merged?

• Fixes AB#3435917

What testing has been done?

• poetry run mypy
• poetry run nps lint
• poetry run system

  Scanning system for metadata...
  Publishing detected system metadata...
  Querying system metadata...
  
  TestResult ID: 2b8c6a96-9429-4ca8-abc5-68872ddd1a17
  - Operator: 02496b8e-775e-4ff0-96db-cac9aa8e138c
  - Test Station: 91564c43-8ed5-4c1b-a720-744d6de85da4
  - Installed Software: 118 packages
  - Available Hardware: 11 devices
  

[Copilot]

Pull Request Overview

This pull request adds a new example demonstrating how to detect system hardware and software resources using the NI System Configuration API and publish that metadata to the NI Data Store.

Key Changes:

• Implements system resource detection using nisyscfg library to enumerate hardware devices and software components
• Publishes detected metadata (operator, test station, hardware items, software items) to NI Data Store
• Provides a complete example with documentation and dependencies

Reviewed Changes

Copilot reviewed 5 out of 6 changed files in this pull request and generated 3 comments.

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File	Description
examples/system/src/system.py	Main implementation detecting system resources and publishing to data store
examples/system/pyproject.toml	Poetry project configuration with dependencies for nisyscfg and ni-datastore
examples/system/README.md	Documentation explaining the example's purpose and usage
examples/system/src/init.py	Package initialization with module docstring
examples/system/poetry.toml	Poetry configuration for virtualenv management
examples/system/poetry.lock	Locked dependency versions generated by Poetry

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[dixonjoel]

Please add this to the example docs here

[dixonjoel]

Mostly looks good. Waiting for a passing PR and a couple comment responses.

[jfriedri-ni]

Please add this to the example docs here

It looks like only the notebooks are described on that page -- the overview example isn't there, so I didn't add system either. I can both if you like, however.

[dixonjoel]

Please add this to the example docs here

It looks like only the notebooks are described on that page -- the overview example isn't there, so I didn't add system either. I can both if you like, however.

Yes, that would be great if you don't mind.

[jfriedri-ni]

It looks like only the notebooks are described on that page -- the overview example isn't there, so I didn't add system either. I can both if you like, however.

Yes, that would be great if you don't mind.

I updated the example index to include the standalone script examples.