Introduction

pds4indextools is a set of programs and modules for parsing PDS4 XML labels. They were created and are maintained by the Ring-Moon Systems Node of NASA's Planetary Data System (PDS).

The following tools are currently available:

• pds4_create_xml_index: A command-line program to scrape all metadata information from a series of PDS4 XML labels, usually in a single collection, and generate a summary index file. Such summary index files may be optionally provided as part of a PDS4 delivery by a data provider, or may be created by end users to aid in their searching and processing of PDS4 data products.
• pds4_create_collection_product: A command-line program to create a collection product from a collection of PDS4 XML labels. Collection products are a required part of PDS4 collections and are created by data providers.

Installation

pds4indextools is available via the rms-pds4indextools package on PyPI and can be installed with:

pip install rms-pds4indextools

Note that this will install pds4indextools into your current system Python, or into your currently activated virtual environment (venv), if any.

If you already have the rms-pds4indextools package installed but wish to upgrade to a more recent version, you can use:

pip install --upgrade rms-pds4indextools

You may also install the index tools using pipx, which will isolate the installation from your system Python without requiring the creation of a virtual environment. To install pipx, please see the installation instructions. Once pipx is available, you may install pds4indextools with:

pipx install rms-pds4indextools

If you already have the rms-pds4indextools package installed with pipx, you may upgrade to a more recent version with:

pipx upgrade rms-pds4indextools

Getting Started With pds4_create_xml_index

Once pds4indextools has been installed, you may access the pds4_create_xml_index program directly from the command line.

The simplest use scrapes all metadata from all XML labels in a collection and generates an index file:

pds4_create_xml_index <collection_dir> "**/*.xml"

Many options are available to customize the scraping and generation process, including limiting which XML elements are scraped, changing the format of the resulting index file, and generating a PDS4-compliant label. A summary of available options is available by typing:

pds4_create_xml_index --help

Complete documentation is available here

Getting Started With pds4_create_collection_product

Once pds4indextools has been installed, you may access the pds4_create_collection_product program directly from the command line.

The simplest use scrapes all XML labels from a collection and generates a collection product:

pds4_create_collection_product <collection_dir> --bundle bundle_name --collection collection_name

This will generate a collection product called collection_<collection_name>.csv in the given collection directory. Full instructions on usage can be found here:

pds4_create_collection_product --help

Complete documentation is available here

Contributing

Information on contributing to this package can be found in the Contributing Guide.

Links

• Documentation
• Repository
• Issue tracker
• PyPi

Licensing

This code is licensed under the Apache License v2.0.