pynxtools: A Python framework for generating and validating NeXus files in experimental data workflows

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Sherjeel Shabih (0009-0008-6635-4465), Lukas Pielsticker (0000-0001-9361-8333), Florian Dobener (0000-0003-1987-6224), Andrea Albino (0000-0001-9280-7431), Theodore Chang (0000-0002-4911-0230), Carola Emminger (0000-0003-4793-1809), Lev Ginzburg (0000-0001-8929-1040), Ron Hildebrandt (0000-0001-6932-604X), Markus Kühbach (0000-0002-7117-5196), Rubel Mozumder (0009-0007-5926-6646), Tommaso Pincelli (0000-0003-2692-2540), Martin Aeschlimann (0000-0003-3413-5029), Marius Grundmann (0000-0001-7554-182X), Walid Hetaba (0000-0003-4728-0786), Carlos-Andres Palma (0000-0001-5576-8496), Laurenz Rettig (0000-0002-0725-6696), Markus Scheidgen (0000-0002-8038-2277), Sandor Brockhauser (0000-0002-9700-4803), José Márquez Prieto (0000-0002-8173-2566), Claudia Draxl (0000-0003-3523-6657), Christoph Koch (0000-0002-3984-1523), Heiko Weber (0000-0002-6403-9022)

Citation

Shabih et al., (2026). pynxtools: A Python framework for generating and validating NeXus files in experimental data workflows. Journal of Open Source Software, 11(126), 10691, https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.10691

@article{Shabih2026, doi = {10.21105/joss.10691}, url = {https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.10691}, year = {2026}, publisher = {The Open Journal}, volume = {11}, number = {126}, pages = {10691}, author = {Shabih, Sherjeel and Pielsticker, Lukas and Dobener, Florian and Albino, Andrea and Chang, Theodore and Emminger, Carola and Ginzburg, Lev and Hildebrandt, Ron and Kühbach, Markus and Mozumder, Rubel and Pincelli, Tommaso and Aeschlimann, Martin and Grundmann, Marius and Hetaba, Walid and Palma, Carlos-Andres and Rettig, Laurenz and Scheidgen, Markus and Brockhauser, Sandor and Márquez Prieto, José and Draxl, Claudia and Koch, Christoph and Weber, Heiko}, title = {pynxtools: A Python framework for generating and validating NeXus files in experimental data workflows}, journal = {Journal of Open Source Software} }
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