bdf.read

bdf.read(source: str | Path, plugin: str | None = None, normalize: bool = True, validate: bool = True, include_optional: bool = True, registry_path: str | Path | None = None) → DataFrame

Universal reader -> DataFrame.

• source: local path, http(s) URL, or dataset id (from datasets.json)

• plugin: force a specific cycler plugin id (optional)

• normalize: if True, normalize to BDF columns; if False, parse only

• validate: validate BDF artifacts (or normalized output)