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Chapter 10 Annotations (AN API)

10.1 Chapter Overview
10.2 The Annotation Data Model
10.2.1 Labels and Descriptions
10.2.2 File Annotations
10.2.3 Object Annotations
10.2.4 Terminology
10.3 The AN interface
10.3.1 AN Library Routines
10.3.2 Type and Tag Definitions Used in the AN Interface
10.3.3 Programming Model for the AN Interface
10.3.4 Accessing Files and Annotations: ANstart, ANcreatef, and ANcreate
10.3.5 Terminating Access to Annotations and Files: ANendaccess and ANend
10.4 Writing an Annotation: ANwriteann
10.5 Reading Annotations Using the AN Interface
10.5.1 Selecting an Annotation: ANselect
10.5.2 Reading an Annotation: ANreadann
10.6 Obtaining Annotation Information Using the AN Interface
10.6.1 Obtaining the Number of Annotations: ANfileinfo
10.6.2 Getting the Length of an Annotation: ANannlen
10.6.3 Obtaining the Number of Specifically-typed Annotations of a Data Object: ANnumann
10.6.4 Obtaining the List of Specifically-typed Annotation Identifiers of a Data Object: ANannlist
10.6.5 Obtaining the Tag/Reference Number Pair of the Specified Annotation Index and Type: ANget_tagref
10.6.6 Obtaining the Tag/Reference Number Pair from a Specified Annotation Identifier: ANid2tagref
10.6.7 Obtaining the Annotation Identifier from a Specified Tag/Reference Number Pair: ANtagref2id
10.6.8 Obtaining an Annotation Tag from a Specified Annotation Type: ANatype2tag
10.6.9 Obtaining an Annotation Type from a Specified Object Tag: ANtag2atype

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