odMLtables

An interface to convert odML structures to and from table-like representations, such as spreadsheets.

odMLtables provides a set of functions to simplify the setup, maintenance and usage of a metadata management structure using odML. In addition to the Python API, odMLtables provides its main functionality also via a graphical user interface.

Code Status

Dependencies

odMLtables is based on odML. A complete list of dependencies is available in the odMLtables documentation at Read the Docs.

Release Versions

Official release versions are available at the Python Package Index and can be installed using pip:

$ pip install odmltables

The graphical user interface can be installed using:

$ pip install odmltables[gui]

Latest version

To install the latest version of odMLtables you first need to download the odMLtables source files and install it in a second step.

Download

The latest version of odMLtables is available on GitHub. You can either use git and download odMLtables directly under Linux using:

$ cd /home/usr/toolbox/
$ git clone https://github.com/INM-6/python-odmltables.git

or alternatively download odMLtables as ZIP file and unzip it to a folder.

Documentation

The odMLtables documentation is available on Read the Docs. It is based on Sphinx and also locally be built in multiple formats. E.g., to access the documentation in html format navigate to the documentation folder within odMLtables and compile the html documentation:

$ cd /home/usr/toolbox/python-odmltables/doc
$ make html

All output format available can be listed using:

$ make -n

Installation

Installation guidelines are available in the official odMLtables documentation Read the Docs.

Bugs

If you observe a bug in odMLtables please add a bug report at the GitHub issue tracker