V1-Alpha
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This is the first alpha release of our `v1` implementation with a new model and driver architecture. Please be aware that this is still an alpha so bugs and missing features may still be encountered. If you experience either, please submit an issue or open a discussion, we would love your feedback. Below is the changelog but for a more indepth explanation of all the changes and their implications please see the migration guide at `docs/dev/migrating-to-v1.rst`.
Because this is an alpha this will not be merged to main for quite a while, and will not be tagged as the latest release. Because we want to be able to respond to feedback quickly, a separate release branch for alpha will be maintained, and more alpha releases may be published as required.
Added
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- Added Driver class for customizable io
- Added entrypoints for Driver Plugins as "hydromt.drivers"
- Added entrypoints for ModelComponent Plugins as "hydromt.components"
- Added entrypoints for PredefinedCatalog Plugins as "hydromt.catalogs"
- Added MetaDataResolver class for customizable metadata discovery
- Added DataSource class to represent and validate DataCatalog entries.
- Data catalogs can now list multiple roots depending on the system used (linux, windows etc). where the first existing root will be used. (786)
- A Github action now checks whether the migration guide is updated (829)
- Added a `ConfigComponent` to write configurations for kernels/simulations. (863)
- Added a `GeomsComponent` to manage geo-spatial geometry data of a model. (867)
- Added a `DatasetsComponent` to manage multidimensional data of a model. (894)
- Added a `GeoDatasetDriver` to read vector data from tabular formats. (912)
- Added a `GeoDatasetSource` to handle vector data from tabular formats. (912)
- Added `RasterTindexResolver` to handle URIs in raster tindex files. (928)
Changed
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- The data catalog format has been refactored to better represent the individual v1 components. (912)
- The `root` meta key of data catalogs yaml files has become `roots` (786)
- The model region is no longer a subset of the `geoms` but rather it's own component class. See the migration guide for more info (810)
- The model class has been moved to a component architecture. See the migration guide for more info (845)
- Changed the `GeoDatasetAdapter` to transform vector data from tabular formats. (912)
Removed
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- support for `**artifact_keys` when initializing the DataCatalog has been removed. (786)
- support for dictionary like features on the DataCatalog have been removed. (790)
- Support for using `.ini` and `.toml` files for configuration has been removed. (791)
- `staticmaps` and `staticgeoms` attributes on the `Model` object have been removed. (845)
- Code refering to the unimplemented Network Model type has been removed (871)
- Removed `_API`, `.api` property, `test_api` and other `Model` level conventions as they are now handled by the components. (894)