Loader for MDSPlus Files
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- Dominant language
- Python
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Description
Feature description
The ability to load in MDSPlus files to various datatypes (x-array, numpy arrays, pandas dataframes) or convert to more python-freindly filetypes (HDF5, etc.)
Motivation
A good amount of fusion scientific data is stored in MDSPlus files. The API for python is rather confusing, so a method to easily convert to load and convert them to python datatypes makes development much smoother.
Implementation strategy
Create python module to load mdsplus files with specified file string or file object.
Additional context
I'm not 100% sure, but I think we may have also implemented a fetch from remote sources (DIII-D servers) method as well.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
No file or test is named; begin by locating PlasmaPy's existing data-loading entry points and checking how dependencies for MDSPlus, NumPy, and pandas are handled. Define the supported file inputs and output types, including any remote DIII-D access, then verify that representative MDSPlus data loads into the promised Python formats and conversion targets.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- numpy, pandas, python
- Domain
- data
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100