Merge pull request #20 from colour-science/feature/cxf_announcement

Add *Support for Color Exchange Format in Colour available!* blog post.

Author: KelSolaar

posts/support-for-cxf-in-colour-available.rst

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+.. title: Support for Color Exchange Format in Colour available!
+.. slug: support-for-cxf-in-colour-available
+.. date: 2025-09-24 10:50:00 UTC+01:00
+.. tags: colour, colour science, release, cxf, colour cxf
+.. category:
+.. link:
+.. description:
+.. type: text
+
+We are happy to announce the release of `Colour - CxF <https://github.com/colour-science/colour-cxf>`__.
+This extension package for Colour implements reading and writing files in the Color Exchange Format (CxF).
+
+.. TEASER_END
+
+What is CxF?
+------------
+
+CxF is a XML-based file format that provides a flexible way to store and exchange color data across different systems.
+It supports multiple color formats including RGB, CIELab, and spectral measurements, while providing standard ways to
+include metadata and descriptions about the color information.
+
+Features
+--------
+The Colour - CxF package allows
+
+- Reading CxF documents from strings or files to a Python representation.
+- Writing CxF documents from the Python representation to XML strings and files.
+- Creating CxF objects programmatically for custom color data workflows.
+
+Getting started
+---------------
+
+Install *Colour - CxF* via pip
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+    pip install colour-cxf
+
+or via uv
+
+.. code-block::
+    bashuv add colour-cfx
+
+Then use it to read CxF data
+
+.. code-block:: python
+    import colour_cxf
+
+    # Reading from a string
+    xml_string = """<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+    <cc:CxF xmlns:cc="http://colorexchangeformat.com/CxF3-core" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+        <cc:FileInformation>
+            <cc:Creator>Colour Developers</cc:Creator>
+            <cc:Description>Simple CxF Example</cc:Description>
+        </cc:FileInformation>
+    </cc:CxF>"""
+
+    # Parse the XML string
+    cxf = colour_cxf.read_cxf(xml_string.encode("utf-8"))
+
+# Access file information
+print(f"Creator: {cxf.file_information.creator}")
+print(f"Description: {cxf.file_information.description}")
+
+```
+
+
+More Information
+----------------
+Visit the `Colour - CxF <https://github.com/colour-science/colour-cxf>`__ repository for more information,
+usage examples and tutorials.
+
+Funding
+-------
+We would like to thank `NumFOCUS <https://numfocus.org>`__
+for funding the work on this package through the
+`The Small Development Grants program  <https://numfocus.org/programs/small-development-grants>`__.