{"categories":[{"label":"Bio-Informatics","url":"https://skillfed.io/packages/category/scientific-engineering-bio-informatics"}],"enrichment":{"capability":"Provides Python classes and utilities to read, write, and validate ISA (Investigation, Study, Assay) format metadata for life science experiments, supporting both ISA-Tab and ISA-JSON serializations.","skillfed_tags":["metadata-standards","bioinformatics","data-validation"],"use_cases":["Construct ISA Investigation, Study, and Assay objects programmatically to generate standardized metadata for experiments.","Validate experimental metadata against ISA format standards before submission to data repositories.","Work with ISA-Tab and ISA-JSON serializations for integration with downstream analysis pipelines.","Manage sample characteristics, technology types, and measurement relationships in experimental metadata.","Support reproducible and reusable research through standardized metadata description."],"what_it_does":"isa-rwval is a Python library that implements the ISA Abstract Model\u2014a general-purpose metadata framework for describing life science, environmental, and biomedical experiments. It provides classes to represent investigations (project context), studies (units of research), and assays (analytical measurements), along with utilities to read and write ISA-formatted data in both tabular (ISA-Tab) and JSON serializations. The library also includes validators to ensure metadata conforms to ISA standards.\n\nThe package is designed for developers and researchers who need to programmatically construct, manipulate, or validate ISA metadata objects. It depends on networkx and supports Python 3.9 through 3.13. The codebase is aging but remains maintained, with the repository not archived and recent commits present.","worth_installing":"Yes, if you work with ISA-formatted metadata in life science or biomedical research. The package is stable, has low install friction, and is the canonical Python implementation of ISA read/write/validation. However, note the aging maintenance status (421 days since last release), unclear license treatment under CPAL-1.0, and small community footprint (1 GitHub star). Suitable for established workflows; less ideal if you need active development or commercial support."},"id":"isa-rwval","links":{"html":"https://skillfed.io/packages/isa-rwval","md":"https://skillfed.io/packages/isa-rwval.md","pypi":"https://pypi.org/project/isa-rwval/"},"maintenance":{"status":"aging"},"meta":{"latest_release":"2025-06-19","license_spdx":"CPAL-1.0","license_treatment":"unclear","name":"isa-rwval","python_support":"supports_current","summary":"Metadata tracking tools help to manage an increasingly diverse set of life science, environmental and biomedical experiments"},"popularity":{"monthly_downloads":107513,"position":12612,"tier":"top_15000"},"security":{"n_vulnerabilities":0},"version":"0.10.11"}