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[Feature]: Add `load_namespaces` and `get_namespaces` to `HDMFIO`

Open rly opened this issue 1 year ago • 2 comments

What would you like to see added to HDMF?

It's useful in validation to load or get namespaces from an IO object but right now those are implemented per-backend. HDF5IO supports load_namespaces and get_namespaces and ZarrIO supports only load_namespaces. It would be useful if they and any future HDMFIO class supported both of these methods.

cc @stephprince

What solution would you like?

Add load_namespaces and get_namespaces as abstract methods to HDMFIO

Do you have any interest in helping implement the feature?

Yes.

rly avatar Jun 03 '24 22:06 rly

Interesting. Do you have a timeline in mind?

mavaylon1 avatar Jun 06 '24 14:06 mavaylon1

Interesting. Do you have a timeline in mind?

This will require some coordination with hdmf-zarr. Let's target July.

rly avatar Jun 06 '24 22:06 rly