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Purpose:
    Glossary.html only:  Clean up nesting of HTML tags
    Glossary.html and PredefDTypes.html
        Add HTML code that facilitates creating PDF version of RM

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Frank Baker
2003-10-27 15:26:37 -05:00
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@@ -229,21 +229,21 @@ HDF5 Glossary
data portion of the dataset is stored in a single contiguous block.
<P>
<DT><B><a name="Glossary-PListDataTransfer">data transfer property list</B></a>
<DT><B><a name="Glossary-PListDataTransfer">data transfer property list</a></B>
<DD>The data transfer property list is used to control various aspects
of the I/O, such as caching hints or collective I/O information.
<P>
<DT><B><a name="Glossary-Dataset">dataset</B></a>
<DT><B><a name="Glossary-Dataset">dataset</a></B>
<DD>A multi-dimensional array of data elements, together with
supporting metadata.
<P>
<DT><B><a name="Glossary-PListDSetAccess">dataset access property list</B></a>
<DT><B><a name="Glossary-PListDSetAccess">dataset access property list</a></B>
<DD>A property list containing information on how a dataset is to be accessed.
<P>
<DT><B><a name="Glossary-PListDSetCreate">dataset creation property list</B></a>
<DT><B><a name="Glossary-PListDSetCreate">dataset creation property list</a></B>
<DD>A property list containing information on how
raw data is organized on disk and how the raw data is compressed.
<!--
@@ -267,14 +267,14 @@ HDF5 Glossary
-->
<P>
<DT><B><a name="Glossary-Dataspace">dataspace</B></a>
<DT><B><a name="Glossary-Dataspace">dataspace</a></B>
<DD>An object that describes the dimensionality of the data array.
A dataspace is either a regular N-dimensional array of data points,
called a simple dataspace, or a more general collection of data points
organized in another manner, called a complex dataspace.
<P>
<DT><B><a name="Glossary-Datatype">datatype</B></a>
<DT><B><a name="Glossary-Datatype">datatype</a></B>
<DD>An object that describes the storage format of the individual data
points of a data set.
There are two categories of datatypes: atomic and compound datatypes.
@@ -308,12 +308,12 @@ HDF5 Glossary
which is not necessarily a native type.
<P>
<DT><B><a name="Glossary-File">file</B></a>
<DT><B><a name="Glossary-File">file</a></B>
<DD>A container for storing grouped collections of
multi-dimensional arrays containing scientific data.
<P>
<DT><B><a name="Glossary-FileAccessMode">file access mode</B></a>
<DT><B><a name="Glossary-FileAccessMode">file access mode</a></B>
<DD>Determines whether an existing file will be overwritten,
opened for read-only access, or opened for read/write access.
All newly created files are opened for both reading and
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ HDF5 Glossary
-->
<P>
<DT><B><a name="Glossary-PListFileAccess">file access property list</B></a>
<DT><B><a name="Glossary-PListFileAccess">file access property list</a></B>
<DD>File access property lists are used to control different methods
of performing I/O on files:
<!--
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ HDF5 Glossary
-->
<P>
<DT><B><a name="Glossary-PListFileCreate">file creation property list</B></a>
<DT><B><a name="Glossary-PListFileCreate">file creation property list</a></B>
<DD>The property list used to control file metadata.
<!--
The parameters that can be modified are:
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ HDF5 Glossary
-->
<P>
<DT><B><a name="Glossary-Group">group</B></a>
<DT><B><a name="Glossary-Group">group</a></B>
<DD>A structure containing zero or more HDF5 objects,
together with supporting metadata.
The two primary HDF5 objects are datasets and groups.
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ HDF5 Glossary
<P>
-->
<DT><B><a name="Glossary-Hyperslab">hyperslab</B></a>
<DT><B><a name="Glossary-Hyperslab">hyperslab</a></B>
<DD>A portion of a dataset. A hyperslab selection can be a
logically contiguous collection of points in a dataspace or
a regular pattern of points or blocks in a dataspace.
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ HDF5 Glossary
is a member of <i>dataset A</i>.
<P>
<DT><B><a name="Glossary-Name">name</B></a>
<DT><B><a name="Glossary-Name">name</a></B>
<DD>A slash-separated list of components that uniquely identifies an
element of an HDF5 file. A name begins that begins with a slash
is an absolute name which is accessed beginning with the root group
@@ -498,7 +498,7 @@ HDF5 Glossary
chunked, in the HDF5 file.
<P>
<DT><B><a name="Glossary-SuperBlock">super block</B></a>
<DT><B><a name="Glossary-SuperBlock">super block</a></B>
<DD>A block of data containing the information required to portably access
HDF5 files on multiple platforms, followed by information about the groups
and datasets in the file.
@@ -562,9 +562,11 @@ HDF5 Glossary
<a href="mailto:hdfhelp@ncsa.uiuc.edu">HDF Help Desk</a>
<br>
Describes HDF5 Release 1.6.0, July 2003
</address><!-- #EndLibraryItem -->
Last modified: 18 October 1999
</address><!-- #EndLibraryItem --><SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JAVASCRIPT">
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document.writeln("Last modified: 18 October 1999");
-->
</SCRIPT>
</body>
</html>