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| Paper: |
Astropy: Building Blocks for Astronomy Software |
| Volume: |
485, Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems XXIII |
| Page: |
343 |
| Authors: |
Bray, E. M. |
| Abstract: |
The Astropy Project is a community effort to develop an open source Python
package of common data structures and routines for use by other, more
specialized astronomy software in order to foster interoperability. The project encompasses the “core” astropy Python package,
“affiliated packages” that strive to implement Astropy's coding standards and
interoperability with other affiliated packages, and a broader community aimed
at implementing Pythonic solutions to astronomy computing problems while
minimizing duplication of effort. The project also provides a template for
other projects that use Astropy to reuse much of Astropy's development
framework without reinventing the wheel.
Here we present an overview of the key features of the core package (existing
and upcoming), current and planned affiliated packages, and how we manage a
large open source project with a diverse community of contributors. |
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