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possible because of the existing software packages it builds upon; we hope that it only enhances the value that
astrophysicists derive from the other software we have mentioned.

# Research projects using DAXA

[Daxa]{.smallcaps} has been useful for several research projects by different collaborations, and we anticipate that
the number of research projects benefiting from its features will increase significantly. The primary use to which
[Daxa]{.smallcaps} has been put is to assemble the multi-mission X-ray dataset (_XMM_, _Chandra_, _eROSITA_, _Swift_,
and _ROSAT_) for the X-ray follow-up component of the Local Volume Complete Cluster Survey (LoVoCCS; @lovoccsI,
@xlovoccs). It was used to identify the relevant observations, download, and process them, as well as to organise the
significant number of files and make it easier for the dataset to be served to the X-ray community. Construction and
administration of such large, complicated, multi-mission datasets is rendered quick and easy.

The X-ray Cluster Survey (XCS; formerly known as the _XMM_ Cluster Survey) collaboration now uses [Daxa]{.smallcaps} to
create and manage their processed X-ray archive; particularly useful is [Daxa]{.smallcaps}'s support for telescopes
other than _XMM_, which has allowed the serendipitous science undertaken by XCS to expand to the use of different
telescopes. These telescopes are complementary to _XMM_, and also increase the sky coverage, which in turn increases
the likelihood that an object of interest has an accessible X-ray observation.

As [Daxa]{.smallcaps} now supports XCS, it has contributed to a research project that has measured X-ray properties
(spectral, time-series, and photometric) for every LOFAR source that falls on an _XMM_ observation (a [Daxa]{.smallcaps}
generated dataset was used for an [Xga]{.smallcaps} analysis). This kind of bulk analysis is trivial when our software
packages are utilised, and will result in a comprehensive catalogue that is invaluable to the radio astronomy community.

Finally, [Daxa]{.smallcaps} has been used to identify _XMM_ and _Chandra_ (alongside other telescopes, though they
play only a supporting role) observations of a series of galaxy groups that appear in the foreground of UV bright
quasars [@ovigroups]. Absorption features that indicate the presence of Oxygen VI were identified in the spectra of
several of the quasars, and the data that [Daxa]{.smallcaps} identified and retrieved allowed for an exploration of
the hot-gas properties of these groups.

# Future Work
The most significant new features implemented in [Daxa]{.smallcaps} will be new mission classes added when new X-ray
telescope archives become available, or one of the existing missions that we have not yet implemented is added (for
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