[svn-r2331] H5.intro.html: Fixed confusing reference(s) to "simple datatypes."

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Frank Baker
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<table border=0 width=98%>
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Introduction to HDF5&nbsp;<br>
<a href="H5.user.html">HDF5 User Guide</a>&nbsp;
<a href="index.html">HDF5 documents and links</a>&nbsp;<br>
<a href="RM_H5Front.html">HDF5 Reference Manual</a>&nbsp;<br>
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<a href="Glossary.html">Glossary</a><br>
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<td valign=top align=right>
<a href="RM_H5Front.html">HDF5 Reference Manual</a>&nbsp;<br>
<a href="index.html">Other HDF5 documents and links</a>&nbsp;
<a href="H5.user.html">HDF5 User's Guide</a>&nbsp;<br>
<a href="ADGuide.html">HDF5 Application Developer's Guide</a>&nbsp;<br>
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@@ -390,7 +390,13 @@ Atomic datatypes can also be system-specific, or <I><CODE>NATIVE</CODE></I>, and
<FONT FACE="Times"><P>See <A HREF="Datatypes.html"><I>Datatypes</I></A> in the<I> HDF User&#146s Guide</I> for further information.</font>
<FONT FACE="Times"><P>A <I>compound datatype</I> is one in which a collection of simple datatypes are represented as a single unit, similar to a <I>struct</I> in C. The parts of a compound datatype are called <I>members.</I> The members of a compound datatype may be of any datatype, including another compound datatype. It is possible to read members from a compound type without reading the whole type.
<FONT FACE="Times"><P>A <I>compound datatype</I> is one in which a
collection of several datatypes are represented as a single unit,
a compound datatype, similar to a <I>struct</I> in C.
The parts of a compound datatype are called <I>members.</I>
The members of a compound datatype may be of any datatype,
including another compound datatype. It is possible to read members
from a compound type without reading the whole type.
<p>
<ta/FONT><I><P>Named datatypes.</I> Normally each dataset has its own datatype, but sometimes we may want to share a datatype among several datasets. This can be done using a <I>named </I>datatype. A named datatype is stored in the file independently of any dataset, and referenced by all datasets that have that datatype. Named datatypes may have an associated attributes list.
See <A HREF="Datatypes.html"><I>Datatypes</I></A></font><FONT FACE="Times"> in the<I> HDF User&#146s Guide</I> for further information.
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<center>
<table border=0 width=98%>
<tr><td valign=top align=left>
Introduction to HDF5&nbsp;<br>
<a href="H5.user.html">HDF5 User Guide</a>&nbsp;
<a href="index.html">HDF5 documents and links</a>&nbsp;<br>
<a href="RM_H5Front.html">HDF5 Reference Manual</a>&nbsp;<br>
<!--
<a href="Glossary.html">Glossary</a><br>
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</td>
<td valign=top align=right>
<a href="RM_H5Front.html">HDF5 Reference Manual</a>&nbsp;<br>
<a href="index.html">Other HDF5 documents and links</a>&nbsp;
<a href="H5.user.html">HDF5 User's Guide</a>&nbsp;<br>
<a href="ADGuide.html">HDF5 Application Developer's Guide</a>&nbsp;<br>
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</table>
</center>