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H5.format.html
	Expanded introduction.
	New HDF5 Group and HDF5 Object drawings.
	Beginnings of a general edit.

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	New drawings for Format Spec (H5.format.html).

Glossary.html
	Have begun adding terms, though as yet without definitions.
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<h1>HDF5 Glossary</h1>
</center>
<i>(<b>Under construction!</b>
<i>(<b>Under construction:</b>
This is the bare beginning of a Glossary to accompany the HDF5
documentation; it is by no means complete.)</i>
<ul>
<li><a href="#Glossary-Basic">basic data types</a>
<li><a href="#Glossary-Complex">complex data types</a>
<li>data types
<ul>
<li><a href="#Glossary-Basic">basic data types</a>
<li><a href="#Glossary-Complex">complex data types</a>
<li><a href="#Glossary-DiskIO">disk I/O data types</a>
</ul>
<li><a href="#Glossary-DiskIO">disk I/O data types</a>
</ul>
<center>
<table width=90% border=0>
<tr><td valign=top align=left width=33%>
<dl>
<dt>atomic datatype
<dt>attribute
<dt><a href="#Glossary-Basic">basic datatypes</a>
<dt>boot block
<dt>chunked layout
<dt>chunking
<dt><a href="#Glossary-Complex">complex datatype</a>
<dt>compound datatype
<dt>compound element
<dt>contiguous layout
<dt>dataset
<dt>dataspace
<dl>
<dt>dimensions
<dt>selection
</dl>
</dl>
</td>
<td valign=top align=left width=34%>
<dl>
<dt>datatype
<dl>
<dt>atomic datatype
<dt><a href="#Glossary-Basic">basic datatypes</a>
<dt><a href="#Glossary-Complex">complex datatype</a>
<dt>compound datatype
<dt><a href="#Glossary-DiskIO">disk I/O data types</a>
<dt>named datatype
<dt>opaque datatype
</dl>
<dt>dimensions
<dt><a href="#Glossary-DiskIO">disk I/O data types</a>
<dt>element
<dt>file
<dl>
<dt>boot block
<dt>compound element
<dt>element
<dt>group
<dt>path
<dt>root group
</dl>
<dt>group
<dl>
<dt>element
<dt>member
<dt>root group
</dl>
</dl>
</td>
<td valign=top align=left width=33%>
<dl>
<dt>hard link
<dt>identifier
<dt>layout
<dl>
<dt>chunked layout
<dt>chunking
<dt>contiguous layout
<dt>storage layout
</dl>
<dt>links
<dl>
<dt>hard link
<dt>soft link
<dt>softlink name
</dl>
<dt>member
<dt>named datatype
<dt>opaque datatype
<dt>path
<dt>root group
<dt>selection
<dt>soft link
<dt>softlink name
<dt>storage layout
<dt>target
</dl>
</td></tr>
</table>
</center>
<hr>
(Aside from the datatype information below, this list is drawn from the HDF5 DDL.
Not yet included: terms such as
integer, string, float...
dataspace name, scalar space data...
...)
<hr>