Welcome to stdatamodels’s documentation!

• Overview of stdatamodels
• Quickstart

• Installation
  • Changelog

• Data Models
  • Working with models
    • Creating a data model from scratch
    • Loading a data model from a file
    • Saving a data model to a file
    • Reading Metadata Only
    • Looking at the contents of a model
    • Searching a model
    • Data Arrays
    • Metadata
    • Copying a model
    • History information
    • Working with lists
    • Environment Variables
  • Defining a new model type
    • Directory layout
    • The schema file
    • The model class
    • The setup.py script
    • Using the new model
    • A table-based model
  • Schemas
    • What is a schema?
    • Data model schemas
    • Reference file schemas
    • Transform schemas
    • Custom Schema Keywords
  • Switching over from astropy.io.fits
    • Opening a file
    • Accessing data
    • Accessing keywords
    • Extra FITS keywords

• WCS Transform Models
  • Grism Transforms
  • ASDF Schema Definitions
  • Converters
  • Legacy Transforms
• AsdfInFits
  • Opening AsdfInFits files
  • Writing AsdfInFits files

API

• stdatamodels API

Indices and tables

• Index

• Module Index

• Search Page