pymetadata 0.5.12

pymetadata are python utilities for working with metadata.

pymetadata: python utilities for metadata and COMBINE archives

pymetadata is a collection of python utilities for working with metadata in the context of COMBINE standards with source code available from https://github.com/matthiaskoenig/pymetadata.

Features include among others

• COMBINE archive version 1 support (OMEX)
• annotation classes and helpers
• SBO, KISAO and ECO ontology enums

If you have any questions or issues please open an issue.

Documentation is available from https://matthiaskoenig.github.io/pymetadata.

A presentation from HARMONY2026 is available here.

Installation

pymetadata is available from pypi and can be installed via

pip install pymetadata

Cache path

pymetadata caches some information for faster retrieval. The cache path is set to

CACHE_PATH: Path = Path.home() / ".cache" / "pymetadata"

To use a custom cache path use

import pymetadata
pymetadata.CACHE_PATH = <cache_path>

How to cite

License

• Source Code: MIT
• Documentation: CC BY-SA 4.0

Funding

Matthias König is supported and by the German Research Foundation (DFG) within the Research Unit Programme FOR 5151 "QuaLiPerF (Quantifying Liver Perfusion-Function Relationship in Complex Resection - A Systems Medicine Approach)" by grant number 436883643 and by grant number 465194077 (Priority Programme SPP 2311, Subproject SimLivA).

Matthias König was supported by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF, Germany) within the research network Systems Medicine of the Liver (LiSyM, grant number 031L0054).

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