extract_mertis_hk_columns

extract_mertis_hk_columns(in_path, use_pds4_tools=True)

Extract column names from an MERTIS HK XML/LBLX label file.

Per ADR-008: Updated to use pds4tools when available, with fallback to xmltodict.

Args: in_path: Path to HK data file (.dat) use_pds4_tools: If True (default), attempt to use pds4tools. Falls back to xmltodict.

Returns: list of column names from the HK table definition

Example: >>> from mertisreader import extract_mertis_hk_columns >>> columns = extract_mertis_hk_columns(‘path/to/hk.dat’) >>> print(columns)