galaxias#
Date: Oct 02, 2025 Version: 0.1.1
galaxias is a Python package that helps users describe, bundle, and share biodiversity
information using the ‘Darwin Core’ data standard. galaxias
provides tools in Python to build a Darwin Core Archive, a zip file containing standardised
data and metadata accepted by global data infrastructures. The package mirrors functionality
in zipfile, shutils,
and os to manage data, files, and folders.
galaxias was created by the Science & Decision Support Team
at the Atlas of Living Australia (ALA).
The package is named for a genus of freshwater fish that is found only in the Southern Hemisphere, and predominantly in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand. The logo shows a Spotted Galaxias (Galaxias truttaceus) drawn by Ian Brennan.
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