Defining xarray schemas

[vilim]

Hello! Is there a way to define schemas for xarray datasets (e.g. that they always contain certain coordinates and DataArrays with elements of a certain types)? An extra plus would be if that would allow type hinting in IDEs/ipython

[keewis]

you might want to look at xarray-dataclasses for that (I never used it myself, though).

In general, the ecosystem page is a good place to look for related libraries.

[vilim]

Thank you, that was exactly was I was looking for!

[benbovy]

This is also discussed in #1900.