scikit-image paper

Adam Hughes hughesadam87 at gmail.com
Wed Nov 20 12:52:47 EST 2013


Is there currently a preferred way to cite scikit image while this paper is
in the works?


On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 9:03 AM, Johannes Schönberger <jsch at demuc.de> wrote:

> > Speaking of development practices, I've recently noticed that there's a
> bit of heterogeneity in the API, with some parts being object-oriented in
> style and others (most) being functional, which is my preference. Do we
> want to emphasise that this is the preferred style?
>
> The functional style is imo the preferred style, especially for raw image
> processing functionality, which only takes some image and produces some
> output.
>
> But there are parts where object-oriented style makes a lot of sense. I
> only know of the following excessive cases:
>
>  - skimage.transform.GeometricTransforms
>  - skimage.measure.fit.*Models
>  - skimage.viewer
>
> And in some places internally, mostly where actually appropriate. But only
> the interface is relevant in my opinion.
>
> I can only speak for the estimation functionality in skimage, where
> objects help a lot to make a sane implementation - a purely functional
> interface would be horribly complicated.
>
> Maybe it’s easier to keep track of the status of the discussion for
> everyone with a new PR:
> https://github.com/scikit-image/scikit-image-paper/pull/3
>
> Please, raise your voice for more ideas and if you are volunteering for a
> section :-)
>
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