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Chapter 12
Single-File Scientific Data Sets (DFSD API)
- 12.1 Chapter Overview
- 12.2 The DFSD Scientific Data Set Data Model
- 12.2.1 Required DFSD SDS Objects
- 12.2.1.1 Dimensions
- 12.2.2 Optional DFSD SDS Objects
- 12.2.2.1 Dimension Scales
- 12.2.2.2 Predefined Attributes
- 12.3 The Single-File Scientific Data Set Interface
- 12.3.1 DFSD Library Routines
- 12.3.2 File Identifiers in the DFSD Interface
- 12.4 Writing DFSD Scientific Data Sets
- 12.4.1 Creating a DFSD Scientific Data Set: DFSDadddata and DFSDputdata
- 12.4.2 Specifying the Data Type of a DFSD SDS: DFSDsetNT
- 12.4.3 Overwriting Data for a Given Reference Number: DFSDwriteref
- 12.4.4 Writing Several Data Sets: DFSDsetdims and DFSDclear
- 12.4.5 Preventing the Reassignment of DFSD Data Set Attributes: DFSDsetdims
- 12.4.6 Resetting the Default DFSD Interface Settings: DFSDclear
- 12.5 Reading DFSD Scientific Data Sets
- 12.5.1 Reading a DFSD SDS: DFSDgetdata
- 12.5.2 Specifying the Dimensions and Data Type of an SDS: DFSDgetdims and DFSDgetNT
- 12.5.3 Determining the Number of DFSD Data Sets: DFSDndatasets and DFSDrestart
- 12.5.4 Obtaining Reference Numbers of DFSD Data Sets: DFSDreadref and DFSDlastref
- 12.6 Slabs in the DFSD Interface
- 12.6.1 Accessing Slabs: DFSDstartslab and DFSDendslab
- 12.6.2 Writing Slabs: DFSDwriteslab
- 12.6.3 Reading Slabs: DFSDreadslab
- 12.7 Predefined Attributes and the DFSD Interface
- 12.7.1 Writing Data Set Attributes
- 12.7.1.1 Assigning String Attributes to an SDS: DFSDsetlengths and DFSDsetdatastrs
- 12.7.1.2 Assigning Value Attributes to a DFSD SDS: DFSDsetfillvalue, DFSDsetrange, and DFSDsetcal
- 12.7.2 Reading DFSD Data Set Attributes
- 12.7.2.1 Reading Data Set Attributes: DFSDgetdatalen and DFSDgetdatastrs
- 12.7.2.2 Reading the Value Attributes of a DFSD Data Set: DFSDgetfillvalue and DFSDgetcal
- 12.7.3 Writing the Dimension Attributes of a DFSD SDS
- 12.7.3.1 Writing the String Attributes of a Dimension: DFSDsetlengths and DFSDsetdimstrs
- 12.7.3.2 Writing a Dimension Scale of a DFSD SDS: DFSDsetdimscale
- 12.7.4 Reading the Dimension Attributes of a DFSD SDS
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