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author | Frank Baker <fbaker@hdfgroup.org> | 1999-04-16 15:31:54 (GMT) |
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committer | Frank Baker <fbaker@hdfgroup.org> | 1999-04-16 15:31:54 (GMT) |
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diff --git a/doc/html/Attributes.html b/doc/html/Attributes.html index fd917ca..b50b95a 100644 --- a/doc/html/Attributes.html +++ b/doc/html/Attributes.html @@ -71,10 +71,10 @@ And in this document, the <h2>1. Introduction</h2> - <p>The appribute API (H5A) is primarily designed to easily allow small + <p>The attribute API (H5A) is primarily designed to easily allow small datasets to be attached to primary datasets as metadata information. Additional goals for the H5A interface include keeping storage - requirement for each attribute to a minimum and easily sharing + requirements for each attribute to a minimum and easily sharing attributes among datasets. <p>Because attributes are intended to be small objects, large datasets intended as additional information for a primary dataset should be @@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ And in this document, the indicate a particular type of dataset with supplemental datasets is located in the group. How small is "small" is not defined by the library and is up to the user's interpretation. - <p>Attributes are not seperate objects in the file, they are always + <p>Attributes are not separate objects in the file, they are always contained in the object header of the object they are attached to. The I/O functions defined below are required to read or write attribute information, not the H5D I/O routines. @@ -106,12 +106,12 @@ And in this document, the and <em>space_id</em> are created with the H5T and H5S interfaces respectively. Currently only simple dataspaces are allowed for attribute dataspaces. The <em>create_plist_id</em> property list is currently - unused, but will be used int the future for optional properties of + unused, but will be used in the future for optional properties of attributes. The attribute ID returned from this function must be released with H5Aclose or resource leaks will develop. Attempting to create an attribute with the same name as an already existing attribute will fail, leaving the pre-existing attribute in place. - This function returns a attribute ID for success or negative for failure. + This function returns an attribute ID for success or negative for failure. <br><br> <dt><code>hid_t H5Aopen_name (hid_t <em>loc_id</em>, const char @@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ And in this document, the specified with <em>loc_id</em>. The name specified with <em>name</em> indicates the attribute to access. The attribute ID returned from this function must be released with H5Aclose or resource leaks will develop. - This function returns a attribute ID for success or negative for failure. + This function returns an attribute ID for success or negative for failure. <br><br> <dt><code>hid_t H5Aopen_idx (hid_t <em>loc_id</em>, unsigned @@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ And in this document, the indicates the <em>idx</em>th attribute to access, starting with '0'. The attribute ID returned from this function must be released with H5Aclose or resource leaks will develop. - This function returns a attribute ID for success or negative for failure. + This function returns an attribute ID for success or negative for failure. <br><br> <dt><code>herr_t H5Aclose (hid_t <em>attr_id</em>)</code> @@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ And in this document, the unsigned *<em>attr_number</em>, H5A_operator <em>operator</em>, void *<em>operator_data</em>)</code> - <dd> This function interates over the attributes of dataset or group + <dd> This function iterates over the attributes of the dataset or group specified with <em>loc_id</em>. For each attribute of the object, the <em>operator_data</em> and some additional information (specified below) are passed to the <em>operator</em> function. The iteration begins with |