astronomy-commons / astronomy-commons/lsdb

Keep column metadata/provenance for joined catalogs

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data-federation enhancement
Dominant language
Python
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Description

Having extra metadata with the columns for a joined catalog to track which tables they came from.

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Research direction

No files or tests are named. Start by locating the code that joins catalogs and reviewing how column metadata is currently represented; define the provenance shape and confirm that joined columns retain their source-table information, with tests demonstrating the expected metadata.

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Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
data
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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