Info

class astropy.io.votable.tree.Info(ID=None, name=None, value=None, id=None, xtype=None, ref=None, unit=None, ucd=None, utype=None, config=None, pos=None, **extra)

Bases: astropy.io.votable.tree.SimpleElementWithContent, astropy.io.votable.tree._IDProperty, astropy.io.votable.tree._XtypeProperty, astropy.io.votable.tree._UtypeProperty

INFO elements: arbitrary key-value pairs for extensions to the standard.

The keyword arguments correspond to setting members of the same name, documented below.

Attributes Summary

content	The content inside the INFO element.
name	[required] The key of the key-value pair.
ref	Refer to another INFO element by ID, defined previously in the document.
unit	A string specifying the units for the INFO.
value	[required] The value of the key-value pair.

Methods Summary

to_xml(w, **kwargs)

For internal use.

Attributes Documentation

content

The content inside the INFO element.

name

[required] The key of the key-value pair.

ref

Refer to another INFO element by ID, defined previously in the document.

unit

A string specifying the units for the INFO.

value

[required] The value of the key-value pair. (Always stored as a string or unicode string).

Methods Documentation

to_xml(w, **kwargs)

For internal use. Output the element to XML.

Parameters:

w : astropy.utils.xml.writer.XMLWriter object

An XML writer to write to.

kwargs : dict

Any configuration parameters to control the output.