Default Plug-in¶
The Dac-Man default plug-in compares file contents for several file formats through an intermediate array-based representation.
Key concepts¶
Dac-Man records¶
The Dac-Man default plug-in uses a data abstraction called Dac-Man records to compare changes for different file formats and data types. Dac-Man records transform the header and data of a file into an array. The records from two files are then compared using a linear algorithm.
Adaptors¶
The default plug-in uses several adaptors to transform data from different file formats into Dac-Man records. Currently, the plug-in uses adaptors for the following file formats:
| File type | Description |
|---|---|
h5 |
HDF file format |
fits |
Image file format consisting of n-dimensional arrays or tables |
edf |
Time-series data format |
tif |
High-quality graphics image format |
Usage¶
Requirements¶
Tip
These instructions describe how to install dependencies for all of Dac-Man's included plug-ins in a single step.
This plug-in requires additional packages, depending on the exact file type that will be analyzed, as described in the following table:
| File type | Package name | URL |
|---|---|---|
h5 |
h5py |
docs.h5py.org |
fits |
astropy |
astropy.org |
edf |
fabio |
fabio.readthedocs.io |
tif |
fabio |
fabio.readthedocs.io |