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authorFrank Baker <fbaker@hdfgroup.org>2000-07-17 18:21:39 (GMT)
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@@ -390,7 +390,13 @@ Atomic datatypes can also be system-specific, or <I><CODE>NATIVE</CODE></I>, and
<FONT FACE="Times"><P>See <A HREF="Datatypes.html"><I>Datatypes</I></A> in the<I> HDF User&#146s Guide</I> for further information.</font>
-<FONT FACE="Times"><P>A <I>compound datatype</I> is one in which a collection of simple datatypes are represented as a single unit, similar to a <I>struct</I> in C. The parts of a compound datatype are called <I>members.</I> The members of a compound datatype may be of any datatype, including another compound datatype. It is possible to read members from a compound type without reading the whole type.
+<FONT FACE="Times"><P>A <I>compound datatype</I> is one in which a
+collection of several datatypes are represented as a single unit,
+a compound datatype, similar to a <I>struct</I> in C.
+The parts of a compound datatype are called <I>members.</I>
+The members of a compound datatype may be of any datatype,
+including another compound datatype. It is possible to read members
+from a compound type without reading the whole type.
<p>
<ta/FONT><I><P>Named datatypes.</I> Normally each dataset has its own datatype, but sometimes we may want to share a datatype among several datasets. This can be done using a <I>named </I>datatype. A named datatype is stored in the file independently of any dataset, and referenced by all datasets that have that datatype. Named datatypes may have an associated attributes list.
See <A HREF="Datatypes.html"><I>Datatypes</I></A></font><FONT FACE="Times"> in the<I> HDF User&#146s Guide</I> for further information.