Data Formats

Libraries for Data/File formats.

Arf :: Advanced recording format for physiology and behavior.
Feather :: A fast, interoperable binary columnar serialization data frame storage for Python, R, and more powered by Apache Arrow.
hdfs :: API and command line interface for HDFS. Documentation
lbl :: A python library for reading/writing and manipulating lbl files, represented within python as a numpy record array with fields 'name', 'start', and 'stop'. This format is useful for writing data to the arf file format.
loompy :: Python implementation of the Loom file format - http://loompy.org
PyCifRW :: Library support for reading and writing CIF (Crystallographic Information Format) files using Python. Source code on Bitucket.
PyCIF :: A python module for reading from, writing to, and manipulating International Union of Crystallography (IUCr) CIF-formatted data files.
pymarkdown :: Evaluate code in markdown.
RDFLib :: A Python library for working with RDF, a simple yet powerful language for representing information. Documentation.
sam :: Simple parsing tools in python for SAM-format files.
stapler :: A small utility making use of the pypdf library to provide a (somewhat) lighter alternative to pdftk.
snakebite :: A pure python HDFS client.
xlrd3 :: Port of xlrd for reading excel files to python-3.
x_x :: A command line reader that displays either Excel files or CSVs in your terminal.

CSV

pyexcel :: Single API for reading, manipulating and writing data in csv, ods, xls, xlsx and xlsm files. Documentation: http://pyexcel.readthedocs.io
tabulator-py :: Consistent interface for stream reading and writing tabular data (csv/xls/json/etc).

eaf_tools :: Collection of scripts to help in reviewing and preparing ELAN .eaf` files for FAVE alignment
pyelan :: A python module that makes interacting with ELAN files easier.