NCML Transform Utility Demo

This file contains the code that is used in this NetCDF ISO XML generator. Although implemented for the command line the core class that performs the transformation can be adapted to any interface.

Useage

ncmltransform.py --in_netcdf <nc_file_path> --xsl_file <xsl_file_path> [--out_path <out_path>, default=<user home>]

Build Steps

In order to fully install the utility you will either need root privileges or set up a virtualenv. Otherwise in order to run the tool you will need to type python and then the path to the ncmltransform.py script. The intended install steps are as follows:

1. Clone this repository from GitLab
2. Optional but recommended. Setup a virtualenv by using the command virtualenv --system-site-packages <venv_name>. This creates a virtualenv directory named <venv_name> and from there use the source utility by giving the command source <path to venv_name>/bin/activate. This activates the virtualenv and makes you able to install python modules in your own user account without affecting the global environment, or requiring root privileges.
3. run python setup.py nosetests --all-modules. This runs the unit testing suite and sees if there are any issues.
4. run setup.py install to install the utility. The utility can now be called from the command line without the need to type python, but the .py extension will still be there.