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Tools
See PDS Tool Registry for available tools to search, access and use PDS3 and PDS4 data including PDS community contributed software packages.
The following software services, tools, and libraries listed below are considered the core software for working with PDS4 data. For the latest PDS4 System Build, see Release Description Document (RDD).
Please send comments, change requests, and bug reports regarding the software below to the PDS Operator at pds_operator@jpl.nasa.gov.
- Local Data Dictionary Tool
Software for parsing a local data dictionary definition file and generating PDS4 data standard files. - Metadata Injector for PDS Labels (MILabel)
Formerly known as Generate Tool, this software provides a command-line interface for generating PDS4 Labels using a user provided PDS4 XML template and input (source) data products. The PDS4 XML Templates use Apache Velocity variables and logic to generate the PDS4 labels. For inputs, the tool currently supports detached and attached ODL/PDS3 labels with plans to support VICAR attached labels and CSV files. - Validate Tool
Software for validating PDS4 product labels and product data. The associated specific schema for the product label specifies syntactic and semantic constraints. The product label itself specifies the constraints for the data. - Transform Tool
Software for transforming PDS3 and PDS4 product labels and product data into common formats.
Libraries
- PDS4 JParser
Java software library with API for accessing PDS4 data objects including selected transformations to common formats. This software is packaged with an example driver program for utilizing this library.
PDS4 Build Schedule
| IM Version | Build Number | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1.25.0.0 (1P00) | 16.0 | December 2025 |
| 1.24.0.0 (1O00) | 15.1 | June 2025 |
| 1.23.0.0 (1N00) | 15.0 | December 2024 |
| 1.22.0.0 (1M00) | 14.1 | June 2024 |
| 1.21.0.0 (1L00) | 14.0 | December 2023 |
| 1.20.0.0 (1K00) | 13.1 | June 2023 |
| 1.19.0.0 (1J00) | 13.0 | December 2022 |
| 1.18.0.0 (1I00) | 12.1 | June 2022 |
| 1.17.0.0 | 12.0 | December 2021 |
| 1.16.0.0 | 11.1 | June 2021 |
| 1.15.0.0 | 11.0 | January 2021 |
| 1.14.0.0 | 10b | May 2020 |
| 1.13.0.0 | 10a | December 2019 |
| 1.12.0.0 | 9b | June 2019 |
| 1.11.1.0 | 9a+ | May 2019 |
| 1.11.0.0 | 9a | November 2018 |
| 1.10.1.0 | 8b+ | May 2018 |
| 1.10.0.0 | 8b | April 2018 |
| 1.9.0.0 | 8a | October 2017 |
| 1.8.0.0 | 7b | April 2017 |
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