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diff --git a/sci-libs/xraylib/metadata.xml b/sci-libs/xraylib/metadata.xml index c3dc48c2f..e924a8916 100644 --- a/sci-libs/xraylib/metadata.xml +++ b/sci-libs/xraylib/metadata.xml @@ -9,35 +9,35 @@ <name>Gentoo Science Project</name> </maintainer> <longdescription lang="en"> - Quantitative estimate of elemental composition by spectroscopic and imaging - techniques using X-ray fluorescence requires the availability of accurate data - of X-ray interaction with matter. Although a wide number of computer codes - and data sets are reported in literature, none of them is presented in the - form of freely available library functions which can be easily included in - software applications for X-ray fluorescence. This work presents a compilation - of data sets from different published works and an xraylib interface in the - form of callable functions. Although the target applications are on X-ray - fluorescence, cross sections of interactions like photoionization, coherent - scattering and Compton scattering, as well as form factors and anomalous - scattering functions, are also available. +Quantitative estimate of elemental composition by spectroscopic and imaging +techniques using X-ray fluorescence requires the availability of accurate data +of X-ray interaction with matter. Although a wide number of computer codes +and data sets are reported in literature, none of them is presented in the +form of freely available library functions which can be easily included in +software applications for X-ray fluorescence. This work presents a compilation +of data sets from different published works and an xraylib interface in the +form of callable functions. Although the target applications are on X-ray +fluorescence, cross sections of interactions like photoionization, coherent +scattering and Compton scattering, as well as form factors and anomalous +scattering functions, are also available. - xraylib provides access to some of the most respected databases of physical - data in the field of x-rays. The core of xraylib is a library, written in ANSI - C, containing over 40 functions to be used to retrieve data from these - databases. This C library can be directly linked with any program written in - C, C++ or Objective-C. Furthermore, the xraylib package contains bindings to - several popular programming languages: Fortran 2003, Perl, Python, Java, IDL, - Lua and .NET, as well as a command-line utility which can be used as a - pocket-calculator. Although not officially supported, xraylib has been - reported to be useable from within Matlab and LabView. - - Reference: T. Schoonjans, A. Brunetti, B. Golosio, M. Sanchez del Rio, - V. A. Solé, C. Ferrero and L. Vincze, "The xraylib library for X-ray--matter - interactions. Recent developments", Spectrochimica Acta B 66 (2011) 776-784 - ( doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sab.2011.09.011 ) - </longdescription> +xraylib provides access to some of the most respected databases of physical +data in the field of x-rays. The core of xraylib is a library, written in ANSI +C, containing over 40 functions to be used to retrieve data from these +databases. This C library can be directly linked with any program written in +C, C++ or Objective-C. Furthermore, the xraylib package contains bindings to +several popular programming languages: Fortran 2003, Perl, Python, Java, IDL, +Lua and .NET, as well as a command-line utility which can be used as a +pocket-calculator. Although not officially supported, xraylib has been +reported to be useable from within Matlab and LabView. + +Reference: T. Schoonjans, A. Brunetti, B. Golosio, M. Sanchez del Rio, +V. A. Solé, C. Ferrero and L. Vincze, "The xraylib library for X-ray--matter +interactions. Recent developments", Spectrochimica Acta B 66 (2011) 776-784 +( doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sab.2011.09.011 ) +</longdescription> <use> - </use> +</use> <upstream> <remote-id type="github">tschoonj/xraylib</remote-id> </upstream> |