Metadata-Version: 1.2
Name: iosacal
Version: 0.4.1
Summary: IOSACal is a radiocarbon (14C) calibration program
Home-page: http://c14.iosa.it/
Author: Stefano Costa
Author-email: steko@iosa.it
License: GNU GPLv3
Project-URL: Bug Reports, https://gitlab.com/iosa/iosacal/issues
Project-URL: Funding, https://liberapay.com/steko/
Project-URL: Source, https://gitlab.com/iosa/iosacal/
Description: A radiocarbon calibration software
        ==================================
        
        DOI: `<https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.630455>`_
        
        IOSACal is the open source radiocarbon calibration software of the IOSA_ project.
        IOSACal includes:
        
        - a programming library
        - a `web-based application`_
        - a command-line program
        
        IOSACal is written in the Python programming language and it can run natively
        on any platform where the Python interpreter is available, including all
        GNU/Linux distributions, MacOS X and other UNIX operating systems, and
        Microsoft Windows.
        
        Source code is made available under the terms of the GNU General Public
        License.
        
        The documentation is online at `<http://c14.iosa.it/>`_.
        
        .. _`web-based application`: http://iosacal.herokuapp.com/
        .. _IOSA: http://www.iosa.it/
        
        .. image:: https://gitlab.com/iosa/iosacal/raw/master/docs/images/P-769_7505_93.png
        
        Why another 14C calibration software ?
        --------------------------------------
        
        Most available programs for radiocarbon calibration, like OxCal, CALIB
        and others, are *freeware*. You don't have to pay for them, but on the other
        side you're not free to modify them as you need, nor to access and study the
        source code.
        
        This is the main motivation behind IOSACal: creating a free-as-in-freedom
        radiocarbon calibration software, with a clean programming library,
        that enables experiments and integration in existing archaeological
        information systems.
        
        Furthermore, writing this software from scratch is an alternative way of
        learning how 14C calibration works, not only in strict mathematical terms,
        but also from a practical point of view.
        
        Features
        --------
        
        IOSACal takes a radiocarbon determination and outputs a calibrated age as a set
        of probability intervals. A radiocarbon date is represented by a date in years
        BP (before present, that is before 1950 AD) and a standard deviation, like
        2430±170. The combination of these two values is a numerical representation of
        a laboratory measure performed on the original organic material.
        
        The main task of the calibration process is to convert this measure into a set
        of calendar dates by means of a calibration curve. Users can choose whether
        they want results as a plot, a short textual summary or both (the plot includes
        the summary).
        
        IOSACal reads calibration curves in the common ``.14c`` format used also by
        other programs. Should you have calibration data in another format, it would be
        easy to either convert them to that format or modify the source code of IOSACal
        to adapt it to your needs.
        
        IOSACal is based on current calibration methods, like those described in
        [RAM2008]_.
        
        .. [RAM2008] C. Bronk Ramsey, Radiocarbon dating: revolutions in
           understanding, Archaeometry 50,2 (2008) pp. 249–275
           http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-4754.2008.00394.x
        
        Can I use IOSACal for my research?
        ----------------------------------
        
        Yes, IOSACal has been used in research projects with large numbers of radiocarbon
        dates. Using IOSACal with Jupyter Notebooks is ideal for reproducible research
        that can be easily shared. Furthermore, it takes little effort to customize and
        adapt the existing code to your specific needs. IOSACal is reasonably fast,
        especially for batch processing.
        
        The `web application`_ is ideal for quick checks on single radiocarbon dates,
        and requires no registration.
        
        .. _`web application`: http://iosacal.herokuapp.com/
        
        If you make use of IOSACal in your work, please cite it with the appropriate
        reference [IOSACAL_Zenodo]_. This helps us get some recognition for creating
        and maintaining this software free for everyone.
        
        .. [IOSACAL_Zenodo] https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.630455
        
Keywords: radiocarbon calibration
Platform: UNKNOWN
Classifier: Development Status :: 4 - Beta
Classifier: Environment :: Console
Classifier: Intended Audience :: Science/Research
Classifier: License :: OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License (GPL)
Classifier: Operating System :: OS Independent
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only
Classifier: Topic :: Scientific/Engineering
Requires-Python: ~=3.6
