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Astronomers have during the recent decades continuously refined tools for analyzing individual astronomical transients. Much of this work is currently developed in python. Simultaneously, progress in instrument and CCD manufacturing as well as data processing has led to a series of transient surveys that can repeatedly scan large volumes of the Universe and find thousands of real transients. This creates new opportunities both for finding rare objects and for collecting statistically complete samples of the variable Universe.

Ampel is a software framework meant to assist in the transition from studies of individual objects (selected with a non-negligible random component) to systematically selected samples. Ampel is a framework in that existing analysis code designed for transients can be inserted and applied to selected candidates.