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HDF5 Glossary
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Glossary
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<h1>HDF5 Glossary</h1>
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<i>(<b>Under construction:</b>
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This is the bare beginning of a Glossary to accompany the HDF5
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documentation; it is by no means complete.)</i>
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<table width=90% border=0>
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<tr><td valign=top align=left width=33%>
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<dt>atomic datatype
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<dt>attribute
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<dt><a href="#Glossary-Basic">basic datatypes</a>
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<dt>boot block
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<dt>chunked layout
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<dt>chunking
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<dt><a href="#Glossary-Complex">complex datatype</a>
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<dt>compound datatype
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<dt>compound element
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<dt>contiguous layout
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<dt>dataset
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<dt>dataspace
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<dl>
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<dt>dimensions
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<dt>selection
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<dl>
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<dt>datatype
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<dt>atomic datatype
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<dt><a href="#Glossary-Basic">basic datatypes</a>
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<dt><a href="#Glossary-Complex">complex datatype</a>
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<dt>compound datatype
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<dt><a href="#Glossary-DiskIO">disk I/O data types</a>
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<dt>named datatype
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<dt>opaque datatype
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<dt>dimensions
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<dt><a href="#Glossary-DiskIO">disk I/O data types</a>
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<dt>element
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<dt>file
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<dt>boot block
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<dt>compound element
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<dt>element
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<dt>group
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<dt>path
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<dt>root group
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<dt>group
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<dt>element
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<dt>member
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<dt>root group
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<td valign=top align=left width=33%>
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<dl>
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<dt>hard link
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<dt>identifier
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<dt>layout
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<dt>chunked layout
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<dt>chunking
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<dt>contiguous layout
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<dt>storage layout
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</dl>
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<dt>links
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<dl>
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<dt>hard link
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<dt>soft link
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<dt>softlink name
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</dl>
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<dt>member
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<dt>named datatype
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<dt>opaque datatype
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<dt>path
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<dt>root group
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<dt>selection
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<dt>soft link
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<dt>softlink name
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<dt>storage layout
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<dt>target
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</table>
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(Aside from the datatype information below, this list is drawn from the HDF5 DDL.
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Not yet included: terms such as
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integer, string, float...
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dataspace name, scalar space data...
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...)
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<a name="Glossary-Basic">basic data types:</a>
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<ul>
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<li><em>(Some data types may change substantially en route to
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Release 1.0.)</em>
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<li>char - 8-bit character (only for ASCII information)
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<li>int8 - 8-bit signed integer
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<li>uint8 - 8-bit unsigned integer
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<li>int16 - 16-bit signed integer
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<li>uint16 - 16-bit unsigned integer
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<li>int32 - 32-bit signed integer
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<li>uint32 - 32-bit unsigned integer
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<li>intn - "native" signed integer
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<li>uintn - "native" unsigned integer
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<li>int64 - 64-bit signed integer (new)
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<li>uint64 - 64-bit unsigned integer (new)
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<li>float32 - 32-bit IEEE float
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<li>float64 - 64-bit IEEE float
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</ul>
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<a name="Glossary-Complex">Complex data types:</a>
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<ul>
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<li><em>(Some data types may change substantially en route to
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Release 1.0.)</em>
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<li>hid_t - 32-bit unsigned integer used as ID for memory objects
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<li>hoid_t - 32-bit unsigned integer (currently) used as ID for disk-based
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objects
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<li>hbool_t - boolean to indicate true/false/error codes from functions
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<li>herr_t - 32-bit integer to indicate succeed/fail codes from functions
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</ul>
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<a name="Glossary-DiskIO">disk I/O data types:</a>
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<ul>
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<li><em>(Some data types may change substantially en route to
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Release 1.0.)</em>
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<li>hoff_t - (64-bit?) offset on disk in bytes
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<li>hlen_t - (64-bit?) length on disk in bytes
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Last modified: 14 July 1998
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