diff --git a/.cruft.json b/.cruft.json
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/.cruft.json
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{
+  "template": "https://github.com/brightway-lca/cookiecutter-brightwaylib",
+  "commit": "2dd8d2464644700b16636f7b3d71972e5bf6e803",
+  "checkout": null,
+  "context": {
+    "cookiecutter": {
+      "full_name": "caro_friedberger",
+      "email": "caroline.friedberger@gmail.com",
+      "github_username": "cafriedb",
+      "project_name": "premise_validation",
+      "package_name": "dopo",
+      "project_short_description": "A framework for Detecting Outliers in Premise LCA Operations (DOPO)",
+      "version": "0.0.1",
+      "use_pytest": "y",
+      "open_source_license": "MIT",
+      "copyright_year": "2024",
+      "_copy_without_render": [
+        ".github/*"
+      ],
+      "_template": "https://github.com/brightway-lca/cookiecutter-brightwaylib"
+    }
+  },
+  "directory": null
+}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/python-package-deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/python-package-deploy.yml
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/python-package-deploy.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+---
+# Inspired from:
+# https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/guides/publishing-package-distribution-releases-using-github-actions-ci-cd-workflows/
+name: Publish Python 🐍 distributions 📦 to PyPI and TestPyPI
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [main, develop]
+jobs:
+  build-n-publish:
+    name: Build and publish Python 🐍 distributions 📦 to PyPI and TestPyPI
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      id-token: write
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - name: Set up Python 3.11
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+      with:
+        python-version: "3.11"
+    - name: Install pypa/build
+      run: >-
+        python -m
+        pip install
+        build
+        --user
+    - name: Build a binary wheel and a source tarball
+      run: >-
+        python -m
+        build
+        --outdir dist/
+        .
+    - name: Publish distribution 📦 to Test PyPI
+      uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
+      with:
+        repository-url: https://test.pypi.org/legacy/
+        skip-existing: true
+    - name: Publish distribution 📦 to PyPI
+      if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags')
+      uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
diff --git a/.github/workflows/python-test.yml b/.github/workflows/python-test.yml
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index 0000000..571134e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/python-test.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+---
+# This workflow will install Python dependencies and run tests
+# across operating systems, select versions of Python, and user + dev environments
+# For more info see:
+# https://help.github.com/actions/language-and-framework-guides/using-python-with-github-actions
+
+name: Python 🐍 CI/CD tests
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [main, develop]
+    paths-ignore: # prevents workflow execution when only these types of files are modified
+      - "**.md" # wildcards prevent file in any repo dir from trigering workflow
+      - "**.bib"
+      - "**.ya?ml" # captures both .yml and .yaml
+      - "LICENSE"
+      - ".gitignore"
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [main, develop]
+    types: [opened, reopened] # excludes syncronize to avoid redundant trigger from commits on PRs
+    paths-ignore:
+      - "**.md"
+      - "**.bib"
+      - "**.ya?ml"
+      - "LICENSE"
+      - ".gitignore"
+  workflow_dispatch: # also allow manual trigger, for testing purposes
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        os: [ubuntu-latest, windows-latest, macos-13, ubuntu-20.04, macos-latest, windows-2019]
+        py-version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      # general Python setup
+      - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.py-version }}
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ matrix.py-version }}
+
+      - name: Update pip & install testing pkgs
+        run: |
+          python -VV
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel
+
+      # install testing
+      - name: Install package and test deps
+        run: |
+          pip install .[testing] # install the package and the testing deps
+
+      - name: Test with pytest
+        run: |
+          pytest
+
+      - name: Upload coverage reports to Codecov
+        uses: codecov/codecov-action@v4
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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index 0000000..9bd9e03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,129 @@
+# Byte-compiled / optimized / DLL files
+__pycache__/
+*.py[cod]
+*$py.class
+
+# C extensions
+*.so
+
+# Distribution / packaging
+.Python
+build/
+develop-eggs/
+dist/
+downloads/
+eggs/
+.eggs/
+lib/
+lib64/
+parts/
+sdist/
+var/
+wheels/
+pip-wheel-metadata/
+share/python-wheels/
+*.egg-info/
+.installed.cfg
+*.egg
+MANIFEST
+
+# PyInstaller
+#  Usually these files are written by a python script from a template
+#  before PyInstaller builds the exe, so as to inject date/other infos into it.
+*.manifest
+*.spec
+
+# Installer logs
+pip-log.txt
+pip-delete-this-directory.txt
+
+# Unit test / coverage reports
+htmlcov/
+.tox/
+.nox/
+.coverage
+.coverage.*
+.cache
+nosetests.xml
+coverage.xml
+*.cover
+*.py,cover
+.hypothesis/
+.pytest_cache/
+
+# Translations
+*.mo
+*.pot
+
+# Django stuff:
+*.log
+local_settings.py
+db.sqlite3
+db.sqlite3-journal
+
+# Flask stuff:
+instance/
+.webassets-cache
+
+# Scrapy stuff:
+.scrapy
+
+# Sphinx documentation
+_build/
+
+# PyBuilder
+target/
+
+# Jupyter Notebook
+.ipynb_checkpoints
+
+# IPython
+profile_default/
+ipython_config.py
+
+# pyenv
+.python-version
+
+# pipenv
+#   According to pypa/pipenv#598, it is recommended to include Pipfile.lock in version control.
+#   However, in case of collaboration, if having platform-specific dependencies or dependencies
+#   having no cross-platform support, pipenv may install dependencies that don't work, or not
+#   install all needed dependencies.
+#Pipfile.lock
+
+# PEP 582; used by e.g. github.com/David-OConnor/pyflow
+__pypackages__/
+
+# Celery stuff
+celerybeat-schedule
+celerybeat.pid
+
+# SageMath parsed files
+*.sage.py
+
+# Environments
+.env
+.venv
+env/
+venv/
+ENV/
+env.bak/
+venv.bak/
+
+# Spyder project settings
+.spyderproject
+.spyproject
+
+# Rope project settings
+.ropeproject
+
+# mkdocs documentation
+/site
+
+# mypy
+.mypy_cache/
+.dmypy.json
+dmypy.json
+
+# Pyre type checker
+.pyre/
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+exclude: '^docs/conf.py'
+
+repos:
+- repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
+  rev: v4.5.0
+  hooks:
+  - id: trailing-whitespace
+  - id: check-added-large-files
+  - id: check-ast
+  - id: check-json
+  - id: check-merge-conflict
+  - id: check-xml
+  - id: check-yaml
+  - id: debug-statements
+  - id: end-of-file-fixer
+  - id: requirements-txt-fixer
+  - id: mixed-line-ending
+    args: ['--fix=auto']  # replace 'auto' with 'lf' to enforce Linux/Mac line endings or 'crlf' for Windows
+
+## If you want to avoid flake8 errors due to unused vars or imports:
+# - repo: https://github.com/myint/autoflake
+#   rev: v1.4
+#   hooks:
+#   - id: autoflake
+#     args: [
+#       --in-place,
+#       --remove-all-unused-imports,
+#       --remove-unused-variables,
+#     ]
+
+# https://github.com/PyCQA/flake8/issues/234
+- repo: https://github.com/john-hen/Flake8-pyproject
+  rev: 1.2.3
+  hooks:
+    - id: Flake8-pyproject
+
+- repo: https://github.com/pycqa/isort
+  rev: 5.13.2
+  hooks:
+  - id: isort
+    args: [--settings-path=pyproject.toml]
+
+- repo: https://github.com/psf/black
+  rev: 24.1.1
+  hooks:
+  - id: black
+    args: [--config=pyproject.toml]
+
+## If like to embrace black styles even in the docs:
+# - repo: https://github.com/asottile/blacken-docs
+#   rev: v1.12.0
+#   hooks:
+#   - id: blacken-docs
+#     additional_dependencies: [black]
+
+- repo: https://github.com/PyCQA/flake8
+  rev: 7.0.0
+  hooks:
+  - id: flake8
+    additional_dependencies: [Flake8-pyproject]
+  # You can add flake8 plugins via `additional_dependencies`:
+  #  additional_dependencies: [flake8-bugbear]
+
+- repo: local
+  hooks:
+    - id: pylint
+      name: pylint
+      entry: pylint
+      language: system
+      types: [python]
+      args:
+        [
+          "-rn", # Only display messages
+          "-sn", # Don't display the score
+        ]
diff --git a/.readthedocs.yml b/.readthedocs.yml
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+++ b/.readthedocs.yml
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+# .readthedocs.yaml
+# Read the Docs configuration file
+# See https://docs.readthedocs.io/en/stable/config-file/v2.html for details
+
+# Required
+version: 2
+
+conda:
+   environment: docs/environment.yaml
+
+sphinx:
+   configuration: docs/conf.py
+
+submodules:
+   include: all 
+
+build:
+   os: "ubuntu-lts-latest" # https://docs.readthedocs.io/en/stable/config-file/v2.html#build-os
+   tools:
+      python: "mambaforge-latest" # https://docs.readthedocs.io/en/stable/config-file/v2.html#build-tools-python, mamba instead of conda for better build performance
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diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# `dopo` Changelog
+
+All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
+
+The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
+and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
+
+## [Unreleased]
+
+## [0.1.0] - 2022-03-22
+
+### Added
+
+### Changed
+
+### Removed
diff --git a/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md b/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
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+++ b/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+# Contributor Covenant Code of Conduct
+
+## Our Pledge
+
+In the interest of fostering an open and welcoming environment, we as
+contributors and maintainers pledge to making participation in our project and
+our community a harassment-free experience for everyone, regardless of age, body
+size, disability, ethnicity, sex characteristics, gender identity and expression,
+level of experience, education, socio-economic status, nationality, personal
+appearance, race, religion, or sexual identity and orientation.
+
+## Our Standards
+
+Examples of behavior that contributes to creating a positive environment
+include:
+
+* Using welcoming and inclusive language
+* Being respectful of differing viewpoints and experiences
+* Gracefully accepting constructive criticism
+* Focusing on what is best for the community
+* Showing empathy towards other community members
+
+Examples of unacceptable behavior by participants include:
+
+* The use of sexualized language or imagery and unwelcome sexual attention or
+  advances
+* Trolling, insulting/derogatory comments, and personal or political attacks
+* Public or private harassment
+* Publishing others' private information, such as a physical or electronic
+  address, without explicit permission
+* Other conduct which could reasonably be considered inappropriate in a
+  professional setting
+
+## Our Responsibilities
+
+Project maintainers are responsible for clarifying the standards of acceptable
+behavior and are expected to take appropriate and fair corrective action in
+response to any instances of unacceptable behavior.
+
+Project maintainers have the right and responsibility to remove, edit, or
+reject comments, commits, code, wiki edits, issues, and other contributions
+that are not aligned to this Code of Conduct, or to ban temporarily or
+permanently any contributor for other behaviors that they deem inappropriate,
+threatening, offensive, or harmful.
+
+## Scope
+
+This Code of Conduct applies both within project spaces and in public spaces
+when an individual is representing the project or its community. Examples of
+representing a project or community include using an official project e-mail
+address, posting via an official social media account, or acting as an appointed
+representative at an online or offline event. Representation of a project may be
+further defined and clarified by project maintainers.
+
+## Enforcement
+
+Instances of abusive, harassing, or otherwise unacceptable behavior may be
+reported by contacting the project team at cmutel@gmail.com. All
+complaints will be reviewed and investigated and will result in a response that
+is deemed necessary and appropriate to the circumstances. The project team is
+obligated to maintain confidentiality with regard to the reporter of an incident.
+Further details of specific enforcement policies may be posted separately.
+
+Project maintainers who do not follow or enforce the Code of Conduct in good
+faith may face temporary or permanent repercussions as determined by other
+members of the project's leadership.
+
+## Attribution
+
+This Code of Conduct is adapted from the [Contributor Covenant][homepage], version 1.4,
+available at https://www.contributor-covenant.org/version/1/4/code-of-conduct.html
+
+[homepage]: https://www.contributor-covenant.org
+
+For answers to common questions about this code of conduct, see
+https://www.contributor-covenant.org/faq
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+# Contributor Guide
+
+Thank you for your interest in improving this project.
+This project is open-source under the [MIT][License] and
+welcomes contributions in the form of bug reports, feature requests, and pull requests.
+
+Here is a list of important resources for contributors:
+
+- [Source Code][Source Code]
+- [Documentation][Documentation]
+- [Issue Tracker][Issue Tracker]
+- [Code of Conduct][Code of Conduct]
+
+[License]: https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT
+[Source Code]: https://github.com/cafriedb/premise_validation
+[Documentation]: https://premise_validation.readthedocs.io/
+[Issue Tracker]: https://github.com/cafriedb/premise_validation/issues
+
+## How to report a bug
+
+Report bugs on the [Issue Tracker][Issue Tracker].
+
+When filing an issue, make sure to answer these questions:
+
+- Which operating system and Python version are you using?
+- Which version of this project are you using?
+- What did you do?
+- What did you expect to see?
+- What did you see instead?
+
+The best way to get your bug fixed is to provide a test case,
+and/or steps to reproduce the issue.
+
+## How to request a feature
+
+Request features on the [Issue Tracker][Issue Tracker].
+
+## How to set up your development environment
+
+Install the package with development requirements:
+
+```console
+$ pip install -e ".[dev]"
+```
+
+## How to build the documentation locally
+
+Make sure you have installed the `dev` and `docs` extras of the package.
+
+```console
+$ pip install -e ".[dev,docs]"
+```
+
+Build the documentation providing the `docs` directory at the root of the project as the source
+and specifying the output directory.
+
+```console
+# use docs as source and docs/_build as output
+sphinx-build docs docs/_build
+```
+
+## How to test the project
+
+
+1. Install the package with development requirements:
+
+```console
+$ pip install -e ".[testing]"
+```
+
+2. Run the full test suite:
+
+```console
+$ pytest
+```
+
+
+Unit tests are located in the _tests_ directory,
+and are written using the [pytest][pytest] testing framework.
+
+[pytest]: https://pytest.readthedocs.io/
+
+## How to submit changes
+
+Open a [pull request] to submit changes to this project.
+
+Your pull request needs to meet the following guidelines for acceptance:
+
+- The test suite must pass without errors and warnings.
+- Include unit tests.
+- If your changes add functionality, update the documentation accordingly.
+
+To run linting and code formatting checks before committing your change, you can install pre-commit as a Git hook by running one of following commands, depending on your dependencies manager:
+
+```console
+# conda or mamba
+$ conda install pre-commit
+```
+
+or
+
+```
+$ pip install pre-commit
+```
+
+
+It is recommended to open an issue before starting work on anything.
+This will allow a chance to talk it over with the owners and validate your approach.
+
+[pytest]: https://pytest.readthedocs.io/
+[pull request]: https://github.com/cafriedb/premise_validation/pulls
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diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+MIT License
+
+Copyright © 2024 caro_friedberger
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+SOFTWARE.
diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
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index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+++ b/README.md
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+# premise_validation
+
+[![PyPI](https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/premise_validation.svg)][pypi status]
+[![Status](https://img.shields.io/pypi/status/premise_validation.svg)][pypi status]
+[![Python Version](https://img.shields.io/pypi/pyversions/premise_validation)][pypi status]
+[![License](https://img.shields.io/pypi/l/premise_validation)][license]
+
+[![Read the documentation at https://premise_validation.readthedocs.io/](https://img.shields.io/readthedocs/premise_validation/latest.svg?label=Read%20the%20Docs)][read the docs]
+[![Tests](https://github.com/cafriedb/premise_validation/actions/workflows/python-test.yml/badge.svg)][tests]
+[![Codecov](https://codecov.io/gh/cafriedb/premise_validation/branch/main/graph/badge.svg)][codecov]
+
+[![pre-commit](https://img.shields.io/badge/pre--commit-enabled-brightgreen?logo=pre-commit&logoColor=white)][pre-commit]
+[![Black](https://img.shields.io/badge/code%20style-black-000000.svg)][black]
+
+[pypi status]: https://pypi.org/project/premise_validation/
+[read the docs]: https://premise_validation.readthedocs.io/
+[tests]: https://github.com/cafriedb/premise_validation/actions?workflow=Tests
+[codecov]: https://app.codecov.io/gh/cafriedb/premise_validation
+[pre-commit]: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit
+[black]: https://github.com/psf/black
+
+## Installation
+
+You can install _dopo_ via [pip] from [PyPI]:
+
+```console
+$ pip install dopo
+```
+
+## Contributing
+
+Contributions are very welcome.
+To learn more, see the [Contributor Guide][Contributor Guide].
+
+## License
+
+Distributed under the terms of the [MIT license][License],
+_dopo_ is free and open source software.
+
+## Issues
+
+If you encounter any problems,
+please [file an issue][Issue Tracker] along with a detailed description.
+
+
+<!-- github-only -->
+
+[command-line reference]: https://premise_validation.readthedocs.io/en/latest/usage.html
+[License]: https://github.com/cafriedb/premise_validation/blob/main/LICENSE
+[Contributor Guide]: https://github.com/cafriedb/premise_validation/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md
+[Issue Tracker]: https://github.com/cafriedb/premise_validation/issues
+
+
+## Building the Documentation
+
+You can build the documentation locally by installing the documentation Conda environment:
+
+```bash
+conda env create -f docs/environment.yml
+```
+
+activating the environment
+
+```bash
+conda activate sphinx_premise_validation
+```
+
+and [running the build command](https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/man/sphinx-build.html#sphinx-build):
+
+```bash
+sphinx-build docs _build/html --builder=html --jobs=auto --write-all; open _build/html/index.html
+```
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diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -0,0 +1,118 @@
+# conf.py
+# Sphinx configuration file
+# https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/configuration.html
+
+### import setup ##################################################################################
+
+import datetime
+
+### project information ###########################################################################
+
+project = "premise_validation"
+author = "Brightway Developers"
+copyright = datetime.date.today().strftime("%Y") + ' Brightway Developers'
+
+### project configuration #########################################################################
+
+extensions = [
+    # native extensions
+    'sphinx.ext.autodoc',
+    'sphinx.ext.autosummary',
+    'sphinx.ext.mathjax',
+    'sphinx.ext.viewcode',
+    'sphinx.ext.intersphinx',
+    'sphinx.ext.extlinks',
+    # theme
+    'sphinx_rtd_theme',
+    # Markdown support
+    'myst_parser',
+    # API documentation support
+    'autoapi',
+    # responsive web component support
+    'sphinx_design',
+    # copy button on code blocks
+    "sphinx_copybutton",
+]
+
+exclude_patterns = ['_build']
+
+# The master toctree document.
+master_doc = 'index'
+
+### intersphinx configuration ######################################################################
+
+intersphinx_mapping = {
+    "bw": ("https://docs.brightway.dev/en/latest/", None),
+}    
+
+### theme configuration ############################################################################
+
+html_theme = "sphinx_rtd_theme"
+html_title = "premise_validation"
+html_show_sphinx = False
+
+html_theme_options = {
+    'logo_only': False,
+    'display_version': True,
+    'prev_next_buttons_location': 'bottom',
+    # Toc options
+    'collapse_navigation': True,
+    'sticky_navigation': True,
+    'navigation_depth': 4,
+    'includehidden': True,
+    'titles_only': False
+}
+
+html_logo = 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/brightway-lca/brightway-documentation/main/source/_static/logo/BW_all_white_transparent_landscape_wide.svg'
+html_favicon = 'https://github.com/brightway-lca/brightway-documentation/blob/main/source/_static/logo/BW_favicon_500x500.png'
+
+### extension configuration ########################################################################
+
+## myst_parser configuration ############################################
+## https://myst-parser.readthedocs.io/en/latest/configuration.html
+
+source_suffix = {
+    '.rst': 'restructuredtext',
+    '.md': 'markdown',
+}
+
+myst_enable_extensions = [
+    "amsmath",
+    "colon_fence",
+    "deflist",
+    "dollarmath",
+    "html_image",
+]
+
+## autoapi configuration ################################################
+## https://sphinx-autoapi.readthedocs.io/en/latest/reference/config.html#customisation-options
+
+autoapi_options = [
+    'members',
+    'undoc-members',
+    'private-members',
+    'show-inheritance',
+    'show-module-summary',
+]
+
+autoapi_python_class_content = 'both'
+autoapi_member_order = 'groupwise'
+autoapi_root = 'content/api'
+autoapi_keep_files = False
+
+autoapi_dirs = [
+    '../dopo',
+]
+
+autoapi_ignore = [
+    '*/data/*',
+    '*tests/*',
+    '*tests.py',
+    '*validation.py',
+    '*version.py',
+    '*.rst',
+    '*.yml',
+    '*.md',
+    '*.json',
+    '*.data'
+]
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diff --git a/docs/content/changelog.md b/docs/content/changelog.md
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/content/changelog.md
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+```{include} ../../CHANGES.md
+```
diff --git a/docs/content/codeofconduct.md b/docs/content/codeofconduct.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cc6912b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/content/codeofconduct.md
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+```{include} ../../CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
+```
diff --git a/docs/content/contributing.md b/docs/content/contributing.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8f73527
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/content/contributing.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+```{include} ../../CONTRIBUTING.md
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docs/content/license.md b/docs/content/license.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..00eca8b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/content/license.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# License
+
+```{literalinclude} ../../LICENSE
+---
+language: none
+---
+```
diff --git a/docs/content/usage.md b/docs/content/usage.md
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index 0000000..fc56ab5
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+++ b/docs/content/usage.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+# Usage
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docs/environment.yaml b/docs/environment.yaml
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/environment.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# environment.yaml
+# Conda environment file for Read the Docs build of the Sphinx project
+# https://conda.io/projects/conda/en/latest/user-guide/tasks/manage-environments.html#creating-an-environment-file-manually
+
+name: sphinx_premise_validation
+channels:
+  - conda-forge
+  - nodefaults
+dependencies:
+  # core functionality
+  - python
+  - ipython
+  # sphinx
+  - sphinx # core builder # https://anaconda.org/conda-forge/sphinx/files
+  # them
+  - sphinx_rtd_theme # theme # https://anaconda.org/conda-forge/sphinx_rtd_theme/files
+  # extensions
+  - myst-parser # Markdown support # https://anaconda.org/conda-forge/myst-parser/files
+  - sphinx-design # responsive web component support # https://anaconda.org/conda-forge/sphinx-design/files
+  - sphinx-copybutton # for copy button in code blocks # https://anaconda.org/conda-forge/sphinx-copybutton/files
+  - sphinx-autoapi # to build docs from source code instead of package import # https://anaconda.org/conda-forge/sphinx-autoapi/files
+  - sphinx-notfound-page # custom 404 page # https://anaconda.org/conda-forge/sphinx-notfound-page/files
+  - sphinx-copybutton # for copy button in code blocks # https://anaconda.org/conda-forge/sphinx-copybutton/files
+  # build process
+  - sphinx-autobuild # live-html support # https://anaconda.org/conda-forge/sphinx-autobuild/files
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docs/index.md b/docs/index.md
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/index.md
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# premise_validation
+
+```{button-link} https://docs.brightway.dev
+:color: info
+:expand:
+{octicon}`light-bulb;1em` premise_validation is a specialized package of the Brightway Software Framework
+```
+
+```{toctree}
+---
+hidden:
+maxdepth: 1
+---
+self
+content/usage
+content/api/index
+content/codeofconduct
+content/contributing
+content/license
+content/changelog
+```
diff --git a/dopo/__init__.py b/dopo/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..172c023
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dopo/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+"""dopo."""
+
+__all__ = (
+    "__version__",
+    # Add functions and variables you want exposed in `dopo.` namespace here
+)
+
+__version__ = "0.0.1"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+[build-system]
+requires = ["setuptools>=68.0"]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+
+[project]
+name = "dopo"
+authors = [
+  { name="caro_friedberger", email="caroline.friedberger@gmail.com" }
+]
+maintainers = [
+  { name="caro_friedberger", email="caroline.friedberger@gmail.com" }
+]
+description = "A framework for Detecting Outliers in Premise LCA Operations (DOPO)"
+readme = "README.md"
+dynamic = ["version"]
+# Add here all kinds of additional classifiers as defined under
+# https://pypi.org/classifiers/
+classifiers = [
+    "Development Status :: 4 - Beta",
+    "Programming Language :: Python",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
+    "Natural Language :: English",
+    "Operating System :: OS Independent",
+    "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering"
+]
+requires-python = ">=3.9"
+dependencies = [
+    # dependencies as strings with quotes, e.g. "foo"
+    # You can add version requirements like "foo>2.0"
+]
+
+[project.urls]
+source = "https://github.com/cafriedb/premise_validation"
+homepage = "https://github.com/cafriedb/premise_validation"
+tracker = "https://github.com/cafriedb/premise_validation/issues"
+
+[project.optional-dependencies]
+# Getting recursive dependencies to work is a pain, this
+# seems to work, at least for now
+testing = [
+    "dopo",
+    "pytest",
+    "pytest-cov",
+    "python-coveralls"
+]
+dev = [
+    "build",
+    "pre-commit",
+    "pylint",
+    "pytest",
+    "pytest-cov",
+    "pytest-randomly",
+    "setuptools",
+]
+
+[tool.setuptools]
+license-files = ["LICENSE"]
+include-package-data = true
+packages = ["dopo"]
+
+[tool.setuptools.dynamic]
+version = {attr = "dopo.__version__"}
+
+[tool.pytest.ini_options]
+addopts = "--cov dopo --cov-report term-missing --verbose"
+norecursedirs = [
+    "dist",
+    "build",
+    ".tox"
+]
+testpaths = ["tests/*.py"]
+
+[tool.flake8]
+# Some sane defaults for the code style checker flake8
+max_line_length = 88
+extend_ignore = ["E203", "W503"]
+# ^  Black-compatible
+#    E203 and W503 have edge cases handled by black
+exclude = [
+    ".tox",
+    "build",
+    "dist",
+    ".eggs",
+    "docs/conf.py",
+]
+
+[tool.black]
+line-length = 88
+
+[tool.isort]
+profile = "black"
+line_length = 88
+multi_line_output = 3
+include_trailing_comma = true
+force_grid_wrap = 0
+use_parentheses = true
+ensure_newline_before_comments = true
diff --git a/tests/__init__.py b/tests/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8fef2b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+"""Test suite for the dopo package."""
diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..873a515
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+"""Fixtures for dopo"""
+
+# import pytest