DXchange

DXchange provides an interface with TomoPy [B5] and raw tomographic data collected at different synchrotron facilities including the Data Exchange file format (DXfile) [A1], currently in use at the Advanced Photon Source beamline 2-BM and 32-ID, at the Swiss Light Source Tomcat beamline and at the Elettra SYRMEP beamline [B3].

Warning

DXchange will drop support for Python 2 before 1 January 2020. For more information, visit https://python3statement.org/.

Features

  • Scientific Data Exchange file format.

  • Readers for tomographic data files collected at different facilities.

  • Writers for different file formats.

Highlights

  • Based on Hierarchical Data Format 5 (HDF5).

  • Focuses on technique rather than instrument descriptions.

  • Provenance tracking for understanding analysis steps and results.

  • Ease of readability.

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