MeasurementSource

class propertyestimator.properties.MeasurementSource(doi='', reference='')[source]

Contains any metadata about how a physical property was measured by experiment.

This class contains either the DOI and/or the reference, but must contain at least one as the observable must have a source, even if it was measured in lab.

doi

The DOI for the source, preferred way to identify for source

Type

str or None, default None

reference

The long form description of the source if no DOI is available, or more information is needed or wanted.

Type

str

__init__(doi='', reference='')[source]

Constructs a new MeasurementSource object.

Parameters
  • doi (str or None, default None) – The DOI for the source, preferred way to identify for source

  • reference (str) – The long form description of the source if no DOI is available, or more information is needed or wanted.

Methods

__init__([doi, reference])

Constructs a new MeasurementSource object.

json()

Creates a JSON representation of this class.

parse_json(string_contents[, encoding])

Parses a typed json string into the corresponding class structure.

json()

Creates a JSON representation of this class.

Returns

The JSON representation of this class.

Return type

str

classmethod parse_json(string_contents, encoding='utf8')

Parses a typed json string into the corresponding class structure.

Parameters
  • string_contents (str or bytes) – The typed json string.

  • encoding (str) – The encoding of the string_contents.

Returns

The parsed class.

Return type

Any