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author | vchoi-hdfgroup <55293060+vchoi-hdfgroup@users.noreply.github.com> | 2022-01-04 23:23:33 (GMT) |
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committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2022-01-04 23:23:33 (GMT) |
commit | d8ef511b2afac659b7aed3490fedc963b70785d8 (patch) | |
tree | dbd1d5bfc413ad6b49d9ca2179d369a64e6e9df0 /src/H5Amodule.h | |
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Merge pull request #49 from vchoi-hdfgroup/feature/vfd_swmr
Feature/vfd swmr
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diff --git a/src/H5Amodule.h b/src/H5Amodule.h index c89c93f..9f86ddd 100644 --- a/src/H5Amodule.h +++ b/src/H5Amodule.h @@ -33,33 +33,29 @@ * * Use the functions in this module to manage HDF5 attributes. * - * The Attribute Interface, H5A, provides a mechanism for attaching additional - * information to a dataset, group, or named datatype. - * - * Attributes are accessed by opening the object that they are attached to and - * are not independent objects. Typically an attribute is small in size and - * contains user metadata about the object that it is attached to. - * - * Attributes look similar to HDF5 datasets in that they have a datatype and - * dataspace. However, they do not support partial I/O operations and cannot be - * compressed or extended. + * Like HDF5 datasets, HDF5 attributes are array variables which have an element + * datatype and a shape (dataspace). However, they perform a different function: + * Attributes decorate other HDF5 objects, and are typically used to + * represent application metadata. Unlike datasets, the HDF5 library does not + * support partial I/O operations for attributes and they cannot be compressed + * or extended. * * <table> * <tr><th>Create</th><th>Read</th></tr> * <tr valign="top"> * <td> - * \snippet H5A_examples.c create + * \snippet{lineno} H5A_examples.c create * </td> * <td> - * \snippet H5A_examples.c read + * \snippet{lineno} H5A_examples.c read * </td> * <tr><th>Update</th><th>Delete</th></tr> * <tr valign="top"> * <td> - * \snippet H5A_examples.c update + * \snippet{lineno} H5A_examples.c update * </td> * <td> - * \snippet H5A_examples.c delete + * \snippet{lineno} H5A_examples.c delete * </td> * </tr> * </table> |