caret

CaretMetaData(*args, **kwargs)

A list of name-value pairs used in various Caret-based XML formats

CaretMetaData

class nibabel.caret.CaretMetaData(*args, **kwargs)

Bases: XmlSerializable, MutableMapping

A list of name-value pairs used in various Caret-based XML formats

• Description - Provides a simple method for user-supplied metadata that associates names with values.

• Attributes: [NA]

• Child Elements

  • MD (0…N)

• Text Content: [NA]

MD elements are a single metadata entry consisting of a name and a value.

Attributes:

datamapping of {name: value} pairs

>>> md = CaretMetaData()

>>> md[‘key’] = ‘val’

>>> md

<CaretMetaData {‘key’: ‘val’}>

>>> dict(md)

{‘key’: ‘val’}

>>> md.to_xml()

b’<MetaData><MD><Name>key</Name><Value>val</Value></MD></MetaData>’

Objects may be constructed like any ``dict``:

>>> md = CaretMetaData(key=’val’)

>>> md.to_xml()

b’<MetaData><MD><Name>key</Name><Value>val</Value></MD></MetaData>’

__init__(*args, **kwargs)