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Extracting `formatting_html` as a standalone library?

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Description

Hi, xarray is a superb library but my favorite icing on the cake is the out-of-the-box rich HTML display in Jupyter. I've been finding myself wanting the same thing for every class I use in python that is fundamentally a hierachically structured numerical dataset.

Has there been any discussion of generalizing the whole thing? I'd be happy to give it a shot myself, but I was hoping to pick your collective brains first, especially @benbovy and @jsignell, (who based on my very preliminary github sleuthing were early heavy-lifters?)

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The issue names xarray's formatting_html functionality and its Jupyter rich HTML display, but no file or test. Start by reviewing that existing implementation and discussing the standalone scope with maintainers; done would be a separately usable library for similarly structured numerical datasets.

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Assessment

Tech stack
jupyter, python
Domain
data, frontend
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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