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Random #Debian Astro package of the week is python3-asdf. ASDF (Advanced Scientific Data Format) is a proposed next generation interchange format for scientific data. ASDF aims to exist in the same middle ground that made FITS so successful, by being a hybrid text and binary format: containing human editable metadata for interchange, and raw binary data that is fast to load and use. Unlike FITS, the metadata is highly structured and is
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designed up-front for extensibility.

This is the Python 3 package.

https://github.com/asdf-format/asdf
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GitHub - asdf-format/asdf: ASDF (Advanced Scientific Data Format) is a next generation interchange format for scientific data

ASDF (Advanced Scientific Data Format) is a next generation interchange format for scientific data - asdf-format/asdf

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