Add a SWC loader

[sanjayankur31]

A loader for SWC files that then allows us to query the various fields would be useful as a first step.

https://github.com/pgleeson/Cvapp-NeuroMorpho.org?tab=readme-ov-file is the reference implementation used on neuromorpho.org, so the first task would be to:

• [ ] download and install this
• [ ] test it out with a few SWC files from neuromorpho.org to get a feel for how it all works

Then, adding a module that will:

• [ ] load a SWC file
• [ ] parse the file into a data structure for us to hold in memory

The data structure can evolve as we go, so just a simple class for the moment will do.

References:

• https://swc-specification.readthedocs.io/en/latest/swc.html
• https://neuromorpho.org/myfaq.jsp

Also worth having a look at to see how they do it:

• https://morphio.readthedocs.io/en/latest/python.html#morphio.Morphology
• https://neurom.readthedocs.io/en/stable/index.html

[AdityaBITMESRA]

Thankyou for this

[sanjayankur31]

I forgot this one:

The tests we need to run on SWC morphologies to see if they are appropriate for modelling are here: https://docs.neuroml.org/Userdocs/ImportingMorphologyFiles.html

You should go through them so that you have an idea of what operations/functions/transformations/queries we need to run on the SWC data.

[AdityaBITMESRA]

Sure