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HDF Reference Manual

Version 4.1r3 · May 1999



Copyright Notice and Statement for
NCSA Hierarchical Data Format (HDF) Software Library and Utilities

Copyright 1988-1999 The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
All rights reserved.

Contributors: National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) at the University of Illinois, Fortner Research, Unidata Program Center (netCDF), The Independent JPEG Group (JPEG), Jean-loup Gailly and Mark Adler (gzip), and Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC).

Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted for any purpose (including commercial purposes) provided that the following conditions are met:

  1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions, and the following disclaimer.
  2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions, and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or materials provided with the distribution.
  3. In addition, redistributions of modified forms of the source or binary code must carry prominent notices stating that the original code was changed and the date of the change.
  4. All publications or advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software must acknowledge that it was developed by the National Center for Supercomputing Applications at the University of Illinois, and credit the Contributors.
  5. Neither the name of the University nor the names of the Contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written permission from the University or the Contributors.

Disclaimer

THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE UNIVERSITY AND THE CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" WITH NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED. In no event shall the University or the Contributors be liable for any damages suffered by the users arising out of the use of this software, even if advised of the possibility of such damage.

Trademarks

Sun is a registered trademark, and Sun Workstation, Sun/OS and Solaris are trademarks of Sun Microsystems Inc.
UNIX is a registered trademark of X/Open.
VAX and VMS are trademarks of Digital Equipment Corporation.
Macintosh is a trademark of Apple Computer, Inc.
CRAY and UNICOS are registered trademarks of Silicon Graphics , Inc.
IBM PC is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation.
MS-DOS is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation.

NCSA Contacts

Mail user feedback, bug reports, and questions to:
NCSA Scientific Data Technologies
HDF Group
152 Computing Applications Bldg.
605 E. Springfield Ave.
Champaign, IL 61820-5518
Send electronic correspondence and bug reports to the following:
hdfhelp@ncsa.uiuc.edu

Hardcopy Documentation

Hardcopies of HDF documentation can be obtained through Research Systems Inc (RSI). Orders may be placed via the following means of contact: Web site: http://www.rsi.com/
Telephone: [303] 786-9900
Facsimile : [303] 786-9909

Internet access

HDF is available without charge from NCSA's anonymous FTP server: ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu/HDF/HDF/ It is also accessible through the HDF Group's World Wide Web home page: http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/



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HDF Reference Manual - 05/19/99, NCSA HDF Development Group.