Paricia applications

All functionality in Parcia is contained in several Django applications, each of them, in turn, including one or more database models that define that functionality.

• Formatting: Definitions of the different file formats that can be imported, including specifics around delimiters, headers etc.
• Variable: Information about measured variables including units, max/min allowed values etc.
• Sensor: Information on physical sensors including brand and type.
• Station: Everything to do with physical stations including their location, region, ecosystem etc.
• Importing: Entries are created in this app when datasets are imported, storing information on the the raw data file itself, the user, time of import etc.
• Measurement: The actual time-series data is stored here when raw data files are imported.

The objects for all of these apps, except for Measurements, can be managed by registered users via the corresponding forms in the front end, and for superusers also via the Admin pages.

Other utilities

In addition to the applications containing the actual functionality, the project file structure has other directories that are of interest only for developers.

• The top-level directory contains various config files and directories for git, github, docker and pip.
• Each django app is in a subdirectory and djangomain contains the main django settings, views and urls.
• The Management app contains the custom user model, base permission classes and base views, used by all other apps to save boilerplate code.
• The static directory contains the static files for the project.
• The templates directory contains the templates for the project, used to render the different views in the browser.
• The utilities directory contains helper functions for the project.
• The tests directory contains all unit tests for the project.