To do

This is a collection of things that need to be done. The order doesn't imply any priority. These tasks may be turned into tickets and assigned to milestones.

• use ordered dict as default in YAML (makes writing back in the order of reading possible) --> patch to YAML
• allow unlimited nesting levels in data (there are only two levels now)
• check for entries in data that are not in default
• add property require for keywords that should not work with default values
• implement more readers/writers for other formats (PyTables, Excel, dBase)
• write unit/doc tests
• add checks and conversions for physical units
• make dump aware of numpy arrays
• allow lazy reading of large files (use generators/iterators)
• define API
• write documentation, tutorial etc.
• write desktop GUI
• write web GUI
• write example applications that use PyModelData
• make list with projects/applications/models that use PyModeldata
• develop plugin system for custom readers/writes (do thorough research on existing plugin systems)
• idea: access to model data via SQLite database
• more ...