Python dataframe API standard

Note

This API standard is still a work in progress, and approaching “minimum viable product” status, where it’s becoming possible to write library code against it that is dataframe-agnostic. Design discussions are happening in this repository. Participation there is very much welcome.

Contents

Context

• Purpose and scope
• Use cases
• Assumptions

API

• Design topics & constraints
• Future API standard evolution
• API specification

Methodology and Tooling

• Methodology for API design
• Verification - test suite