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@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@ +Release information for the 10/10/97 prototype release: + + This release is intended primarily as a proof of concept and as a method +of familiarizing users with the intended functionality. A list of the +limitations of the prototype is as follows: + o - Multiple datasets may be created/read/written in an HDF5 file, but + access must be as an entire dataset, i.e. no slab/slice/subset code is + implemented yet. The datasets must also be homogeneous, orthogonal + datasets, similar to the datasets which are able to be created in the + HDF4 "SD" interface. Reducing these restrictions will be a major + effort of further development on the library. + o - Datasets can be located in a hierarchy of groups in the file, however + user-level features for transitioning through the groups are not + implemented in this release. Each dataset must be accessed through + its full "pathname" in the file, ie. "/foo/bar/dataset1", + "/foo/bar/dataset2", "/foo/data" + + A list of the API functions currently supported follows. [This list is +short, mainly as a method of providing feedback before significant direction +changes must be made] + H5 (library) interface + o - H5version + H5F (file) interface + o - H5Fis_hdf5 + o - H5Fcreate + o - H5Fopen + o - H5Fclose + H5M (meta) interface + o - H5Mcreate (for datatype, dataspace & dataset objects) + o - H5Mendaccess + H5P (dataspace) interface + o - H5Pis_simple + o - H5Pset_space + o - H5Pnelem + o - H5Pget_lrank + o - H5Pget_ldims + H5T (datatype) interface + o - H5Tis_atomic + o - H5Tset_type + o - H5Tget_type + o - H5Tsize + o - H5Tarch + H5D (dataset) interface + o - H5Mfind_name (to attach to a dataset) + o - H5Dset_info + o - H5Dget_info + o - H5Dread + o - H5Dwrite |