Add dyanmic versioning & update metadata in __init__.py

Author: oj-tooth

OceanDataStore/__init__.py

@@ -1,6 +1,21 @@
-"""OceanDataStore base package."""
-__version__ = "0.1.0"
+"""
+OceanDataStore
+
+An open-source Python library to streamline writing, updating and accessing
+ocean data stored in cloud object storage.
+"""
 __author__ = "Ollie Tooth, Joao Morado, Tobias Ferreira"
-__credits__ = "National Oceanography Centre"
+__credits__ = "National Oceanography Centre (NOC), Southampton, UK"
+
+from importlib.metadata import version as _version
+
+from OceanDataStore.data_catalog import OceanDataCatalog
+
+try:
+    __version__ = _version("OceanDataStore")
+except Exception:
+    # Local copy or not installed with setuptools.
+    # Disable minimum version checks on downstream libraries.
+    __version__ = "9999"
 
-from .data_catalog import OceanDataCatalog
+__all__ = ("OceanDataCatalog")