Matt Craig mwcraig

Handling of JSON Schema and Python readers in AAVSO StarList Schema

The source of truth in the repository is the pydantic models in https://github.com/AAVSO/public-utils/blob/main/schemas/starlist/aavso_starlist_schema.py.
The JSON schema is generated from the pydantic models. Every past schema version is saved as a JSON schema.
There are additional python files, one for each superseded "generation" of the schema. A generation is a set of schema versions that are compatible with each other.
The main file includes machinery to upgrade a star list from an older schema version to the current one.
The same repository holds both the schema and the readers. That is different from the other projects below, which separate the two.

Package requirements: tethys-platform installed via pip or conda into a python 3.12 environment
Installation instructions: After installing tethys-platform, run tethys quickstart
As a result of tethys quickstart your browser should automatically open to http://127.0.0.1:8000 where you will see a login page. Login with "admin:pass" and if that works, you're good to go!

A short summary of the current status of the project is helpful for understanding why the sequence of spending is what I've proposed below.

I a package several years ago that propvides the skeleton for what I'm suggesting in this proposal.

The package, called stellarphot, currently does these functions, which use a broad range of astropy functionality:

	#!/usr/bin/env python3
	"""Generate a nicely formatted Markdown file from the SciPy 2026 Tutorials CSV."""

	import csv
	import re
	from pathlib import Path

	CSV_PATH = Path("SciPy 2026 Tutorials - Installation instruction + content links.csv")
	MD_PATH = Path("SciPy 2026 Tutorials.md")

	{
	"cells": [
	{
	"cell_type": "markdown",
	"id": "9dcf0b1c-3add-4a35-8b1b-f62ebedc36c8",
	"metadata": {},
	"source": [
	"# Quick timing of converting a table of positions and radii to a lit of markers"
	]
	},

	from typing import Annotated, List
	from pydantic import BaseModel, Field
	from stellarphot.settings.aavso_models import AAVSOFilters


	class StarList(BaseModel):
	x: float
	y: float
	ra: float
	dec: float

	[
	{
	"name": "dev",
	"url": "https://www.astropy.org/ccd-reduction-and-photometry-guide/v/dev/"
	},
	{
	"version": "2.0.1",
	"url": "https://www.astropy.org/ccd-reduction-and-photometry-guide/v/2.0.1/"
	},
	{