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+repos:
+ - repo: https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff-pre-commit
+ # Ruff version.
+ rev: v0.3.4
+ hooks:
+ # Run the linter.
+ - id: ruff
+ # Run the formatter.
+ - id: ruff-format
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9770343..044df07 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,29 +4,41 @@
![](https://github.com/FAIRmat-NFDI/pynxtools-apm/actions/workflows/publish.yml/badge.svg)
![](https://coveralls.io/repos/github/FAIRmat-NFDI/pynxtools_apm/badge.svg?branch=master)
-# A reader for atom probe microscopy (APM) data
+# A parser and normalizer for atom probe tomography and field-ion microscopy data
# Installation
+It is recommended to use python 3.11 with a dedicated virtual environment for this package.
+Learn how to manage [python versions](https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv) and
+[virtual environments](https://realpython.com/python-virtual-environments-a-primer/).
-TODO:add installation e.g. following xps, mpes
+This package is a reader plugin for [`pynxtools`](https://github.com/FAIRmat-NFDI/pynxtools) and thus should be installed together with `pynxtools`:
+```shell
+pip install pynxtools[apm]
+```
+
+for the latest development version.
# Purpose
-This reader plugin for [pynxtools](https://github.com/FAIRmat-NFDI/pynxtools) is used to translate diverse file formats from the scientific community and technology partners
-within the field of atom probe tomography as well as related field ion microscopy into a standardized representation using the
+This reader plugin for [`pynxtools`](https://github.com/FAIRmat-NFDI/pynxtools) is used to translate diverse file formats from the scientific community and technology partners
+within the field of atom probe tomography and field-ion microscopy into a standardized representation using the
[NeXus](https://www.nexusformat.org/) application definition [NXapm](https://fairmat-nfdi.github.io/nexus_definitions/classes/contributed_definitions/NXapm.html#nxapm).
## Supported file formats
-TODO: Add table rows which quantity "atom probe jargon", columns readers.
+This plugin supports the majority of the file formats that are currently used for atom probe.
+A detailed summary is available in the [reference section of the documentation](https://fairmat-nfdi.github.io/pynxtools-apm/pynxtools-apm).
# Getting started
-TODO: Point to jupyter notebook giving examples.
+[A getting started tutorial](https://github.com/FAIRmat-NFDI/pynxtools-apm/tree/main/examples) is offered that guides you
+how to use the apm reader for converting your data to NeXus from a Jupyter notebook. Note that not every combination of
+supported file formats and input for the parser allows to fill required and recommended fields and attributes of the NXapm
+application definition. Therefore, you may need to provide an ELN file that contains the missing values in order for the
+validation step of the APM reader to pass.
# Contributing
We are continously working on adding parsers for other data formats, technology partners, and atom probers.
If you would like to implement a parser for your data, feel free to get in contact.
## Development install
-
Install the package with its dependencies:
```shell
@@ -37,7 +49,7 @@ python -m pip install -e .
python -m pip install -e ".[dev]"
```
-There is also a [pre-commit hook](https://pre-commit.com/#intro) available
+
## Test this software
-
Especially relevant for developers, there exists a basic test framework written in
[pytest](https://docs.pytest.org/en/stable/) which can be used as follows:
diff --git a/docs/explanation/learn.md b/docs/explanation/learn.md
index 7318198..fd810ff 100644
--- a/docs/explanation/learn.md
+++ b/docs/explanation/learn.md
@@ -1 +1,12 @@
# Learn
+
+Pynxtools-apm offers the atom probe community a set of diverse example how a parser can be implemented to provide for a diverse and wide coverage of the (meta)data from the research field of atom probe and field-ion microscopy. We would like to encourage the community to share example files with us. These can be small and come from diverse use cases.
+
+We are working together with the [International Field Emission Society's (IFES) Atom Probe Technical Committee (APT TC)](https://fieldemission.org/article.php?id=technical_committee) to improve the capabilities of the reader for the benefit of all
+atom probers.
+
+## Workflow
+
+The following diagram shows how `pynxtools-apm` processes information and interacts with the core routines of `pynxtools`.
+
+
diff --git a/docs/explanation/media/workflow.mermaid b/docs/explanation/media/workflow.mermaid
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@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+flowchart TD
+ ELN(eln_data.yaml) -->|Metadata entered via an ELN| APM(pynxtools-apm)
+ CFG(apm.specific.config.yaml) --> | Configuration inputted via given RDM| APM
+ RECON(reconstruction) -->|Reconstruction| APM
+ RANGE(ranging) -->|Ranging definitions| APM
+ APM --> |Interface to the dataconverter| DCONV(pynxtools)
+ DCONV --> |Verification of content against NXapm, file I/O thereafter| NXS(NeXus/HDF5 NXapm-compliant)
+
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diff --git a/docs/explanation/performance.md b/docs/explanation/performance.md
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+# Known issues
+
+## Charge state analysis
+When the ranging definitions have molecular ions which are composed from many atoms and elements with many isotopes
+it is possible that the interpretation of the ranging definitions can take long. The situation is case dependent.
+The reason is that while parsing the reader uses a combinatorial algorithm to identify the charge state(s) from the
+ranging definitions. The computation time of this algorithm depends on the total number of possible isotopic combinations
+that need evaluation.
+
+## Verifying instance against cardinality/existence constraints
+Performance relevant for only some cases and input is that the verification of the instantiated schema can be slow.
+This verification step is executed before the data are written to the NeXus/HDF5 file. The reason for this issue is that
+the dataconverter traverses the dependency graph of the already instantiated concepts of the NXapm application definition
+to assure that the template is valid, i.e. that all required quantities have been instantiated. Depending on which branches
+get instantiated by the input, this evaluation can be slower as more pathes have to be visited.
+
+Note that this issue is independent of size of the input i.e. how many ions are included in a dataset does not really matter.
+
+## Molecular ions
+The reader currently supports to define up to 255 ranging definitions. In all cases where we have seen range files from
+groups across the world where more ranging definitions have been made these were typically duplicated lines in the
+ranging definitions file.
+
+The reader currently supports to define molecular ions with up to 32 atoms which covers for almost all cases of molecular ion
+fragments that are typically studied with atom probe. Note that in mass spectrometry fragments with a considerable larger
+number of atoms are observed but telling them apart in atom probe would in practice be even more complicated.
+
+A more detailed overview for resolving molecular ions in atom probe is available [in the literature](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.patter.2020.100192).
diff --git a/docs/index.md b/docs/index.md
index 6518a1f..d160c4e 100644
--- a/docs/index.md
+++ b/docs/index.md
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@ This is the place where to add documentation of [diátaxis](https://diataxis.fr)
This is the place where to add documentation of [diátaxis](https://diataxis.fr) content type explanation.
+- [Scope and idea](explanation/learn.md)
+- [Known performance issues](explanation/performance.md)
+