cff-version: 1.2.0
message: "Please cite the following when using this software: https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629569"
authors:
- name: "Rubin Observatory Data Management Team"
- family-names: Jenness
  given-names: Tim
  orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5982-167X"
- family-names: Bosch
  given-names: James F.
  orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2759-5764"
- family-names: Salnikov
  given-names: Andrei
  orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3623-0161"
- family-names: Lust
  given-names: Nate B.
  orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4122-9384"
- family-names: Pease
  given-names: Nathan M.
  orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9701-5975"
- family-names: Gower
  given-names: Michelle
  orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9513-6987"
- family-names: Kowalik
  given-names: Mikolaj
  orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9801-5969"
- family-names: Schellart
  given-names: Pim
  orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8324-0880"
- family-names: Irving
  given-names: David H.
  orcid: "https://orcid.org/0009-0005-9099-4970"
title: "lsst-daf-butler: Abstracted Data Access of Astronomical Data"
repository-code: "https://github.com/lsst/daf_butler"
identifiers:
- type: swh
  value: "swh:1:dir:ef572b4bb431e898d279d4de786bc462bd5ca466"
abstract: |
  The Rubin Observatory's Data Butler is designed to allow data file location
  and file formats to be abstracted away from the people writing the science
  pipeline algorithms. The Butler works in conjunction with the workflow graph
  builder to allow pipelines to be constructed from the algorithmic tasks.
preferred-citation:
  type: article
  title: "The Vera C. Rubin Observatory Data Butler and pipeline execution system"
  identifiers:
  - type: "doi"
    value: "10.1117/12.2629569"
  - type: "bibcode"
    value: "2022SPIE12189E..11J"
  authors:
  - family-names: Jenness
    given-names: Tim
    orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5982-167X"
  - family-names: Bosch
    given-names: James F.
    orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2759-5764"
  - family-names: Salnikov
    given-names: Andrei
    orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3623-0161"
  - family-names: Lust
    given-names: Nate B.
    orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4122-9384"
  - family-names: Pease
    given-names: Nathan M.
    orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9701-5975"
  - family-names: Gower
    given-names: Michelle
    orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9513-6987"
  - family-names: Kowalik
    given-names: Mikolaj
  - family-names: Dubois-Felsmann
    given-names: Gregory P.
    orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1598-6979"
  - family-names: Mueller
    given-names: Fritz
    orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7061-4644"
  - family-names: Schellart
    given-names: Pim
    orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8324-0880"