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authorFrank Baker <fbaker@hdfgroup.org>2000-07-17 18:21:39 (GMT)
committerFrank Baker <fbaker@hdfgroup.org>2000-07-17 18:21:39 (GMT)
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Datatypes.html Fixed confusing references to "simple datatypes." Minor edits.
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<h2>10. Sharing Datatypes among Datasets</h2>
- <p>If a file has lots of datasets which have a common datatype
+ <p>If a file has lots of datasets which have a common datatype,
then the file could be made smaller by having all the datasets
share a single datatype. Instead of storing a copy of the
datatype in each dataset object header, a single datatype is stored
and the object headers point to it. The space savings is
- probably only significant for datasets with a compound datatype
- since the simple datatypes can be described with just a few
+ probably only significant for datasets with a compound datatype,
+ since the atomic datatypes can be described with just a few
bytes anyway.
<p>To create a bunch of datasets that share a single datatype