v0.4.0

CHANGELOG.md

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 # Release Notes
 
-## 0.4.0 (unreleased)
+## 0.4.0 (13.07.2021)
+
+Release `0.4.0` brings many new major features to `weldx`
+
+### Highlights
+
+- [Quality Standards](https://weldx.readthedocs.io/en/latest/tutorials/quality_standards.html) \
+  Users can now create and integrate their own quality standards by defining new ASDF schema definitions and loading
+  them into weldx. It is possible to add new definitions or modify existing schemas to create your own flavour of the
+  weldx standard.
+- [WeldxFile](https://weldx.readthedocs.io/en/latest/tutorials/weldxfile.html) \
+  Create/Load/Modify asdf files directly using `weldx.WeldxFile` with many helpful utility functions included.
+- [TimeSeries support for `weldx.LocalCoordinateSystem`](https://weldx.readthedocs.io/en/latest/tutorials/welding_example_02_weaving.html#add-a-sine-wave-to-the-TCP-movement) \
+  It is now possible to define a time-dependent `weldx.LocalCoordinateSystem` with a simple function by passing a `weldx.TimeSeries`
+  object with a `weldx.MathematicalExpression` as ``coordinates``. For an example, click the link above.
+- [MeasurementChain](https://weldx.readthedocs.io/en/latest/tutorials/measurement_chain.html) \
+  The `weldx.MeasurementChain` has been reworked to be easier and more flexible to use.
+
+full changelog below:
 
 ### added
 

README.md

@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ division at Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM).
 
 ## Features
 
-WelDX provides several Python API to perform standard tasks like experiment design, data analysis, and experimental data archiving.
+WelDX provides several Python API to perform standard tasks like experiment design, data analysis, and experimental data
+archiving.
 
 ### Planning
 
@@ -41,38 +42,47 @@ WelDX provides several Python API to perform standard tasks like experiment desi
 
 ### Data archiving
 
-The ultimate goal of this project is to store all information about the experiment in a single file.
-We choose the popular [ASDF](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Scientific_Data_Format) format for this task.
-This enables us to store arbitrary binary data, while maintaining a human readable text based header. All information is stored
-in a tree like structure, which makes it convenient to structure the data in arbitrary complex ways.
+The ultimate goal of this project is to store all information about the experiment in a single file. We choose the
+popular [ASDF](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Scientific_Data_Format) format for this task. This enables us to
+store arbitrary binary data, while maintaining a human readable text based header. All information is stored in a tree
+like structure, which makes it convenient to structure the data in arbitrary complex ways.
 
 The ASDF format and the provided extensions for WelDX types like
 
 - workpiece information (used alloys, geometries)
-- welding process parameters (GMAW parameters
+- welding process parameters (GMAW parameters)
 - measurement data
 - coordinate systems (robot movement, sensors)
 
 enables us to store the whole experimental pipeline performed in a modern laboratory.
 
 ## Design goals
 
-We seek to provide a user-friendly, well documented programming interface. All functions and classes in WelDX have attached
-documentation about the involved parameters (types and explanation), see [API docs](https://weldx.readthedocs.io/en/stable/api.html).
-Further we provide rich [Jupyter notebook tutorials](https://weldx.readthedocs.io/en/stable/tutorials.html) about the handling of the basic workflows.
+We seek to provide a user-friendly, well documented programming interface. All functions and classes in WelDX have
+attached documentation about the involved parameters (types and explanation),
+see [API docs](https://weldx.readthedocs.io/en/stable/api.html). Further we provide
+rich [Jupyter notebook tutorials](https://weldx.readthedocs.io/en/stable/tutorials.html) about the handling of the basic
+workflows.
 
-All involved physical quantities used in weldX (lengths, angles, voltages, currents, etc.) should be attached
-with a unit to ensure automatic conversion and correct mathematical handling. Units are being used in all standard features
-of WelDX and are also archived in the ASDF files. This is implemented by the popular Python library
-[Pint](https://pint.readthedocs.io/en/stable/), which flawlessly handles the creation and conversion of units and dimensions.
+All involved physical quantities used in weldX (lengths, angles, voltages, currents, etc.) should be attached with a
+unit to ensure automatic conversion and correct mathematical handling. Units are being used in all standard features of
+WelDX and are also archived in the ASDF files. This is implemented by the popular Python library
+[Pint](https://pint.readthedocs.io/en/stable/), which flawlessly handles the creation and conversion of units and
+dimensions.
+
+## Publications
+
+Recommendations for an Open Science approach to welding process research data.\
+Fabry, C., Pittner, A., Hirthammer, V. et al. *Weld World* (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40194-021-01151-x
 
 ## Installation
 
-The WelDX package can be installed using conda or mamba package manager from the :code:`conda-forge` channel.
-These managers originate from the freely available [Anaconda Python stack](https://docs.conda.io/en/latest/miniconda.html).
-If you do not have Anaconda or Miniconda installed yet, we ask you to install `Miniconda-3`.
-Documentation for the installation procedure can be found [here](https://docs.conda.io/projects/conda/en/latest/user-guide/install/index.html#regular-installation).
-After this step you have access to the conda command and can proceed to installing the WelDX package.
+The WelDX package can be installed using conda or mamba package manager from the :code:`conda-forge` channel. These
+managers originate from the freely available [Anaconda Python stack](https://docs.conda.io/en/latest/miniconda.html). If
+you do not have Anaconda or Miniconda installed yet, we ask you to install `Miniconda-3`. Documentation for the
+installation procedure can be
+found [here](https://docs.conda.io/projects/conda/en/latest/user-guide/install/index.html#regular-installation). After
+this step you have access to the conda command and can proceed to installing the WelDX package.
 
 ```console
 conda install weldx -c conda-forge