Can we separate referencedata to a different package?

[samwaseda]

I would love to use the elastic properties in elaston, but I don’t really need the rest of atomistics there. Can we maybe think about separating it into a different module in pyiron?

[jan-janssen]

Sure, I am open to that idea. Do you have a suggestion for a package name?

[samwaseda]

Maybe it’s a topic to raise for the pyiron meeting because I’m also not really sure how the interface should look, when there are more data sources, some of which might require an API key etc.

This being said, I’m on vacation for 2 weeks so either you guys talk about it or we’ll do it in September when I’m back.

[samwaseda]

For now I simply took it from here. Cf. this PR. But we should definitely think about separating it.

Anyway thanks for implementing this tool. It's super helpful.