[SciPy-Dev] scikit prefix for microscopy file I/O library?

[Magnus Nord]

I'm one of the developers in the HyperSpy project, which is an open 
source python library for analysing multidimensional data, with a focus 
on electron microscopy. We're in the processes of splitting the project 
into smaller pieces, to i) make the code a bit more manageable, ii) make 
it easier for other projects to use specific functionalities without 
having to install a lot of extra dependencies.

The current focus is moving the file reading/writing functionality to 
its own library, which includes readers for many types of proprietary 
electron microscopy file formats. The plan is to keep the GPLv3 license, 
and only depend on the more standard scientific python stack (numpy, ...).

However, we've been having some issues in deciding on a name for the 
library, and someone suggested using a scikit- prefix 
(scikit-microscopyIO?, scikit-microscopy-io?). So I'm wondering if a 
scikit prefix would be appropriate for a library focused on file I/O of 
microscopy data?

Discussion on this in the HyperSpy issue tracker: 
https://github.com/hyperspy/hyperspy/issues/1978

Magnus