Glossary#

attributes_like#

An arbitrary representation of an object holding dataset attributes. Typically, this is a dict.

dataset_like#

Something that appears like a h5py dataset.

file_format#

A subclass of FileFormat, used to represent an on-disk file format.

file_like#

Somthing that appears like a h5py File object, or a path that can be loaded as a file.

file_or_group_like#

Something that looks like either a File or a Group.

group_like#

Something that appears like a h5py Group.

selection_tuple#

A tuple containing any type that can be used to index a ndarray.

selection_like#

Anythin that can be used to index a ndarray.

sky_source_like#

Any representation of an astronomical source.

time_like#

Any representation of time.