Add ndx-acquisition-module (#39)

Co-authored-by: Ryan Ly <rly@lbl.gov>

ndx-acquisition-module/README.md

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+# ndx-acquisition-module
+
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+
+This extension is used to allow adding modules in `nwbfile.acquisition`, similarly to how `nwbfile.processing` allows adding modules.
+
+More specifically, this allows creating a module that has `TimeSeries` and `DynamicTable` objects, then users can add this module.
+
+This is in alpha development stages. Please use with discretion.
+
+## Installation
+
+You can install via `pip`:
+
+```bash
+pip install ndx-acquisition-module
+```
+
+Or `conda`:
+
+```bash
+conda install -c fleischmannlab ndx-acquisition-module
+```
+
+Or directly from the `git` repository:
+
+```bash
+pip install git+https://gitlab.com/fleischmann-lab/ndx/ndx-acquisition-module
+```
+
+## Usage
+
+### Main usage
+
+Here's a short example to create the module, add objects into it then add to acquisition
+
+```python
+from ndx_acquisition_module import AcquisitionModule
+
+mod = AcquisitionModule(name="raw_mod", description="raw acq module")
+
+# Add data objects to created AcquisitionModule
+mod.add(time_series)  # add time series
+mod.add(dynamic_table)  # add dynamic table
+
+# Add AcquisitionModule to nwbfile.acquisition
+nwbfile.add_acquisition(mod)
+```
+
+### Full example
+
+Here's a full example that you can copy and paste in a script/notebook and run. A `test.nwb` file would be created.
+
+<details><summary>Expand to see full example script</summary>
+
+```python
+from datetime import datetime
+
+import numpy as np
+from dateutil import tz
+from hdmf.common import DynamicTable, VectorData
+from ndx_acquisition_module import AcquisitionModule
+
+from pynwb import NWBHDF5IO, NWBFile, TimeSeries
+
+# Create an example NWBFile
+nwbfile = NWBFile(
+  session_description="test session description",
+  identifier="unique_identifier",
+  session_start_time=datetime(2012, 2, 21, tzinfo=tz.gettz("US/Pacific")),
+)
+
+# Create time series
+ts = TimeSeries(
+  name="choice_series",
+  description="raw choice series",
+  data=np.random.randint(4, size=100),
+  timestamps=(np.arange(100).astype("float") + 2) / 30,
+  unit="-",
+)
+
+# Create dynamic table
+tbl = DynamicTable(
+  name="lookup_table",
+  description="lookup table for `choice_series`",
+  columns=[
+    VectorData(
+      name="lookup_id", description="ID to look up", data=[0, 1, 2, 3]
+    ),
+    VectorData(
+      name="lookup_name",
+      description="name of ID",
+      data=["water", "earth", "fire", "air"],
+    ),
+  ],
+)
+
+# Create AcquisitionModule to store these objects
+mod = AcquisitionModule(name="raw_mod", description="raw acq module")
+
+# Add data objects to created AcquisitionModule
+mod.add(ts)  # add time series
+mod.add(tbl)  # add dynamic table
+
+# Add AcquisitionModule to nwbfile.acquisition
+nwbfile.add_acquisition(mod)
+
+# Write the file to disk
+filename = "test.nwb"
+with NWBHDF5IO(path=filename, mode="w") as io:
+  io.write(nwbfile)
+
+```
+
+</details>
+
+
+## API usage notes and limitations
+
+### With package installed
+
+Currently to use `mod.get(<object_name>)` or `mod[<object_name>]`, users would also need to install this package, for example with
+
+```bash
+pip install ndx-acquisition-module
+```
+
+And import, using `NWBHDF5IO(..., load_namespaces=True)` would not be enough.
+
+```python
+# new file completely
+from pynwb import  NWBHDF5IO
+from ndx_acquisition_module import AcquisitionModule
+nwb = NWBHDF5IO('test.nwb', mode='r').read() # notice `load_namepsaces` is not needed
+
+print(nwb.acquisition['raw_mod'])
+```
+
+which outputs:
+
+```text
+raw_mod ndx_acquisition_module.AcquisitionModule at 0x139742592581104
+Fields:
+  data_interfaces: {
+    choice_series <class 'pynwb.base.TimeSeries'>,
+    lookup_table <class 'hdmf.common.table.DynamicTable'>
+  }
+```
+
+To access:
+
+```python
+nwb.acquisition['raw_mod']['lookup_table']
+nwb.acquisition['raw_mod']['choice_series']
+```
+
+### Without package installed
+
+Otherwise, if `ndx-acquisition-module` is not installed, accessing the inside objects have to be done based on types:
+
+```python
+# new file completely
+from pynwb import  NWBHDF5IO
+nwb = NWBHDF5IO('test.nwb', mode='r', load_namespaces=True).read() # notice `load_namepsaces` is NEEDED
+
+print(nwb.acquisition['raw_mod'])
+```
+
+which outputs:
+
+```text
+raw_mod abc.AcquisitionModule at 0x140252603705728
+Fields:
+  description: raw acq module
+  dynamic_tables: {
+    lookup_table <class 'hdmf.common.table.DynamicTable'>
+  }
+  nwb_data_interfaces: {
+    choice_series <class 'pynwb.base.TimeSeries'>
+  }
+```
+
+To access:
+
+```python
+nwb.acquisition['raw_mod'].dynamic_tables['lookup_table']
+nwb.acquisition['raw_mod'].nwb_data_interfaces['choice_series']
+```
+
+---
+
+This extension was created using [ndx-template](https://github.com/nwb-extensions/ndx-template)

ndx-acquisition-module/ndx-meta.yaml

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+name: ndx-acquisition-module
+version: 0.1.2
+src: https://gitlab.com/fleischmann-lab/ndx/ndx-acquisition-module/
+pip: https://pypi.org/project/ndx-acquisition-module/
+license: BSD-3
+maintainers:
+  - tuanpham96 # github
+#  - tuanhpham # gitlab