1- xray : N-D labeled arrays and datasets
2- =====================================
1+ xarray : N-D labeled arrays and datasets
2+ =======================================
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17- **xray ** is an open source project and Python package that aims to bring the
17+ **xarray ** (formerly ** xray **) is an open source project and Python package that aims to bring the
1818labeled data power of pandas _ to the physical sciences, by providing
1919N-dimensional variants of the core pandas data structures.
2020
2121Our goal is to provide a pandas-like and pandas-compatible toolkit for
2222analytics on multi-dimensional arrays, rather than the tabular data for which
2323pandas excels. Our approach adopts the `Common Data Model `_ for self-
2424describing scientific data in widespread use in the Earth sciences:
25- ``xray .Dataset `` is an in-memory representation of a netCDF file.
25+ ``xarray .Dataset `` is an in-memory representation of a netCDF file.
2626
2727.. _pandas : http://pandas.pydata.org
2828.. _Common Data Model : http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/thredds/current/netcdf-java/CDM
2929.. _netCDF : http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf
3030.. _OPeNDAP : http://www.opendap.org/
3131
32- Why xray ?
33- ---------
32+ Why xarray ?
33+ -----------
3434
3535Adding dimensions names and coordinate indexes to numpy's ndarray _ makes many
3636powerful array operations possible:
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ powerful array operations possible:
4343- Flexible split-apply-combine operations with groupby:
4444 ``x.groupby('time.dayofyear').mean() ``.
4545- Database like alignment based on coordinate labels that smoothly
46- handles missing values: ``x, y = xray .align(x, y, join='outer') ``.
46+ handles missing values: ``x, y = xr .align(x, y, join='outer') ``.
4747- Keep track of arbitrary metadata in the form of a Python dictionary:
4848 ``x.attrs ``.
4949
@@ -55,19 +55,19 @@ Why isn't pandas enough?
5555
5656pandas _ excels at working with tabular data. That suffices for many statistical
5757analyses, but physical scientists rely on N-dimensional arrays -- which is
58- where xray comes in.
58+ where xarray comes in.
5959
60- xray aims to provide a data analysis toolkit as powerful as pandas _ but
60+ xarray aims to provide a data analysis toolkit as powerful as pandas _ but
6161designed for working with homogeneous N-dimensional arrays
6262instead of tabular data. When possible, we copy the pandas API and rely on
6363pandas's highly optimized internals (in particular, for fast indexing).
6464
6565Why netCDF?
6666-----------
6767
68- Because xray implements the same data model as the netCDF _ file format,
69- xray datasets have a natural and portable serialization format. But it is also
70- easy to robustly convert an xray ``DataArray `` to and from a numpy ``ndarray ``
68+ Because xarray implements the same data model as the netCDF _ file format,
69+ xarray datasets have a natural and portable serialization format. But it is also
70+ easy to robustly convert an xarray ``DataArray `` to and from a numpy ``ndarray ``
7171or a pandas ``DataFrame `` or ``Series ``, providing compatibility with the full
7272`PyData ecosystem <http://pydata.org/ >`__.
7373
@@ -82,28 +82,28 @@ especially geoscientists who already know and love netCDF_.
8282Documentation
8383-------------
8484
85- The official documentation is hosted on ReadTheDocs: http://xray.readthedocs .org/
85+ The official documentation is hosted on ReadTheDocs at http://xarray.pydata .org/
8686
8787Get in touch
8888------------
8989
90- - GitHub issue tracker: https://github.com/xray/xray/issues/
91- - Mailing list: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/xray-dev
92- - Twitter: http://twitter.com/shoyer
90+ - GitHub issue tracker: https://github.com/pydata/xarray/issues/
91+ - Mailing list: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/xarray
9392
9493History
9594-------
9695
97- xray is an evolution of an internal tool developed at `The Climate
98- Corporation `__, and was originally written by current and former Climate Corp
99- researchers Stephan Hoyer, Alex Kleeman and Eugene Brevdo.
96+ xarray is an evolution of an internal tool developed at `The Climate
97+ Corporation `__. It was originally written by Climate Corp researchers Stephan
98+ Hoyer, Alex Kleeman and Eugene Brevdo and was released as open source in
99+ May 2014. The project was renamed from "xray" in January 2016.
100100
101101__ http://climate.com/
102102
103103License
104104-------
105105
106- Copyright 2014, xray Developers
106+ Copyright 2014-2016, xarray Developers
107107
108108Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
109109you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -117,5 +117,5 @@ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
117117See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
118118limitations under the License.
119119
120- xray includes portions of pandas, NumPy and Seaborn. Their licenses are
120+ xarray includes portions of pandas, NumPy and Seaborn. Their licenses are
121121included in the licenses directory.
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