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-<h1>
-HDF5 Image and Palette Specification</h1></center>
-
-<center>
-<h3>
-<i>Version 1.2</i></h3></center>
-The HDF5 specification defines the standard objects and storage for the
-standard HDF5 objects. (For information about the HDF5 library, model and
-specification, see the HDF documentation.)&nbsp; This document is an additional
-specification do define a standard profile for how to store image data
-in HDF5. Image data in HDF5 is stored as HDF5 datasets with standard attributes
-to define the properties of the image.
-<p>This specification is primarily concerned with two dimensional raster
-data similar to HDF4 Raster Images.&nbsp; Specifications for storing other
-types of imagery will be covered in other documents.
-<p>This specification defines:
-<ul>
-<li>
-Standard storage and attributes for an Image dataset (<a href="#Sect1">Section
-1</a>)</li>
-
-<li>
-Standard storage and attributes for Palettes (<a href="#sect2">Section
-2</a>)</li>
-
-<li>
-Standard for associating Palettes with Images. (<a href="#Sect3">Section
-3</a>)</li>
-</ul>
-
-<h2>
-<a NAME="Sect1"></a>1. HDF5 Image Specification</h2>
-
-<h3>
-1.1 Overview</h3>
-Image data is stored as an HDF5 dataset with values of HDF5 class Integer
-or Float.&nbsp; A common example would be a two dimensional dataset, with
-elements of class Integer, e.g., a two dimensional array of unsigned 8
-bit integers.&nbsp; However, this specification does not limit the dimensions
-or number type that may be used for an Image.
-<p>The dataset for an image is distinguished from other datasets by giving
-it an attribute "CLASS=IMAGE".&nbsp; In addition, the Image dataset may
-have an optional attribute "PALETTE" that is an array of object references
-for zero or more palettes. The Image dataset may have additional attributes
-to describe the image data, as defined in <a href="#Sect1.2">Section 1.2</a>.
-<p>A Palette is an HDF5 dataset which contains color map information.&nbsp;
-A Pallet dataset has an attribute "CLASS=PALETTE" and other attributes
-indicating the type and size of the palette, as defined in <a href="#sect2">Section
-2.1</a>.&nbsp; A Palette is an independent object, which can be shared
-among several Image datasets.
-<h3>
-<a NAME="Sect1.2"></a>1.2&nbsp; Image Attributes</h3>
-The attributes for the Image are scalars unless otherwise noted.&nbsp;
-The length of String valued attributes should be at least the number of
-characters. Optionally, String valued attributes may be stored in a String
-longer than the minimum, in which case it must be zero terminated or null
-padded.&nbsp; "Required" attributes must always be used. "Optional" attributes
-must be used when required.
-<br>&nbsp;
-<h4>
-Attributes</h4>
-
-<dl>
-<dt>
-Attribute name="<b>CLASS</b>" (Required)</dt>
-
-<dd>
-This attribute is type H5T_C_S1, with size 5.</dd>
-
-<dd>
-For all Images, the value of this attribute is "IMAGE".</dd>
-
-<dd>
-</dd>
-
-<dd>
-This attribute identifies this data set as intended to be interpreted as
-an image that conforms to the specifications on this page.</dd>
-</dl>
-
-<dt>
-Attribute name="<b>PALETTE</b>"</dt>
-
-<dl>
-<dd>
-A Image dataset within an HDF5 file may optionally specify an array of
-palettes to be viewed with. The dataset will have an attribute field called
-"<b>PALETTE</b>" which contains a one-dimensional array of object reference
-pointers (HDF5 datatype H5T_STD_REF_OBJ) which refer to palettes in the
-file. The palette datasets must conform to the Palette specification in
-<a href="#sect2">section
-2 below</a>. The first palette in this array will be the default palette
-that the data may be viewed with.</dd>
-</dl>
-
-<dl>
-<dt>
-</dt>
-
-<dt>
-Attribute name="<b>IMAGE_SUBCLASS</b>"</dt>
-
-<dd>
-If present, the value of this attribute indicates the type of Palette that
-should be used with the Image.&nbsp; This attribute is a scalar of type
-H5T_C_S1, with size according to the string plus one.&nbsp; The values
-are:</dd>
-
-<dl>
-<dt>
-"IMAGE_GRAYSCALE" (length 15)</dt>
-
-<dd>
-A grayscale image</dd>
-
-<dt>
-"IMAGE_BITMAP" (length 12)</dt>
-
-<dd>
-A bit map image</dd>
-
-<dt>
-"IMAGE_TRUECOLOR" (length 15)</dt>
-
-<dd>
-A truecolor image</dd>
-
-<dt>
-"IMAGE_INDEXED" (length 13)</dt>
-
-<dd>
-An indexed image</dd>
-
-<dd>
-</dd>
-</dl>
-
-<dt>
-Attribute name="<b>INTERLACE_MODE</b>"</dt>
-
-<dd>
-For images with more than one component for each pixel, this optional attribute
-specifies the layout of the data. The values are type H5T_C_S1 of length
-15. See <a href="#Section1.3">section 1.3</a> for information about the
-storage layout for data.</dd>
-
-<dd>
-"INTERLACE_PIXEL" (default): the component value for a pixel are contiguous.</dd>
-
-<dd>
-"INTERLACE_PLANE": each component is stored as a plane.</dd>
-
-<dt>
-</dt>
-
-<dt>
-Attribute name="<b>DISPLAY_ORIGIN</b>"</dt>
-
-<dd>
-This optional attribute indicates the intended orientation of the data
-on a two-dimensional raster display.&nbsp; The value indicates which corner
-the pixel at (0, 0) should be viewed.&nbsp; The values are type H5T_C_S1
-of length 2. If DISPLAY_ORIGIN is not set, the orientation is undefined.</dd>
-
-<dd>
-"UL": (0,0) is at the upper left.</dd>
-
-<dd>
-"LL": (0,0) is at the lower left.</dd>
-
-<dd>
-"UR": (0,0) is at the upper right.</dd>
-
-<dd>
-"LR": (0,0) is at the lower right.</dd>
-</dl>
-
-<dt>
-Attribute name="<b>IMAGE_WHITE_IS_ZERO</b>"</dt>
-
-<dl>
-<dd>
-This attribute is of type H5T_NATIVE_UCHAR.&nbsp; 0 = false, 1 = true .&nbsp;
-This is used for images with IMAGE_SUBCLASS="IMAGE_GRAYSCALE" or "IMAGE_BITMAP".</dd>
-</dl>
-
-<dl>
-<dt>
-Attribute name="<b>IMAGE_MINMAXRANGE</b>"</dt>
-
-<dd>
-If present, this attribute is an array of two numbers, of the same HDF5
-datatype as the data.&nbsp; The first element is the minimum value of the
-data, and the second is the maximum.&nbsp; This is used for images with
-IMAGE_SUBCLASS="IMAGE_GRAYSCALE", "IMAGE_BITMAP" or "IMAGE_INDEXED".</dd>
-</dl>
-
-<dt>
-Attribute name="<b>IMAGE_BACKGROUNDINDEX</b>"</dt>
-
-<dl>
-<dd>
-If set, this attribute indicates the index value that should be interpreted
-as the "background color".&nbsp; This attribute is HDF5 type H5T_NATIVE_UINT.</dd>
-</dl>
-
-<dt>
-Attribute name="<b>IMAGE_TRANSPARENCY</b>"</dt>
-
-<dl>
-<dd>
-If set, this attribute indicates the index value that should be interpreted
-as the "transparent color".&nbsp; This attribute is HDF5 type H5T_NATIVE_UINT.&nbsp;
-This attribute may not be used for IMAGE_SUBCLASS="IMAGE_TRUE_COLOR".</dd>
-</dl>
-
-<dt>
-Attribute name="<b>IMAGE_ASPECTRATIO</b>"</dt>
-
-<dl>
-<dd>
-If set, this attribute indicates the aspect ratio.</dd>
-</dl>
-
-<dt>
-Attribute name="<b>IMAGE_COLORMODEL</b>"</dt>
-
-<dl>
-<dd>
-If set, this attribute indicates the color model of Palette that should
-be used with the Image.&nbsp; This attribute is of type H5T_C_S1, with
-size 3, 4, or 5.&nbsp; The value is one of the color models described in
-the Palette specification in <a href="#sect2.2">section 2.2 below</a>.&nbsp;
-This attribute may be used only for IMAGE_SUBCLASS="IMAGE_TRUECOLOR" or
-"IMAGE_INDEXED".</dd>
-</dl>
-
-<dt>
-Attribute name="<b>IMAGE_GAMMACORRECTION</b>"</dt>
-
-<dl>
-<dd>
-If set, this attribute gives the Gamma correction.&nbsp; The attribute
-is type H5T_NATIVE_FLOAT.&nbsp; This attribute may be used only for IMAGE_SUBCLASS="IMAGE_TRUECOLOR"
-or "IMAGE_INDEXED".</dd>
-</dl>
-Attribute name="<b>IMAGE_VERSION</b>" (Required)
-<dl>
-<dd>
-This attribute is of type H5T_C_S1, with size corresponding to the length
-of the version string.&nbsp; This attribute identifies the version number
-of this specification to which it conforms.&nbsp; The current version number
-is "1.2".</dd>
-
-<br>&nbsp;
-<p>&nbsp;
-<br>&nbsp;
-<br>&nbsp;
-<center><table BORDER=2 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" >
-<caption><b>Table 1. Attributes of an Image Dataset</b></caption>
-
-<tr>
-<td><b>Attribute Name</b></td>
-
-<td><b>(R = Required</b>
-<br><b>O= Optional)</b></td>
-
-<td><b>Type</b></td>
-
-<td><b>String Size</b></td>
-
-<td><b>Value</b></td>
-</tr>
-
-<tr>
-<td>CLASS</td>
-
-<td>R</td>
-
-<td>String</td>
-
-<td>5</td>
-
-<td>"IMAGE"</td>
-</tr>
-
-<tr>
-<td>PALETTE</td>
-
-<td>O</td>
-
-<td>Array Object References</td>
-
-<td></td>
-
-<td>&lt;references to Palette datasets><sup>1</sup></td>
-</tr>
-
-<tr>
-<td>IMAGE_SUBCLASS</td>
-
-<td>O<sup>2</sup></td>
-
-<td>String</td>
-
-<td>15,&nbsp;
-<br>12,&nbsp;
-<br>15,
-<br>13</td>
-
-<td>
-<dt>
-"IMAGE_GRAYSCALE",</dt>
-
-<dt>
-"IMAGE_BITMAP",</dt>
-
-<dt>
-"IMAGE_TRUECOLOR",</dt>
-
-<dt>
-"IMAGE_INDEXED"</dt>
-</td>
-</tr>
-
-<tr>
-<td>INTERLACE_MODE</td>
-
-<td>O<sup>3,6</sup></td>
-
-<td>String</td>
-
-<td>15</td>
-
-<td>The layout of components if more than one component per pixel.</td>
-</tr>
-
-<tr>
-<td>DISPLAY_ORIGIN</td>
-
-<td>O</td>
-
-<td>String</td>
-
-<td>2</td>
-
-<td>If set, indicates the intended location of the pixel (0,0).</td>
-</tr>
-
-<tr>
-<td>IMAGE_WHITE_IS_ZERO</td>
-
-<td>O<sup>3,4</sup></td>
-
-<td>Unsigned Integer</td>
-
-<td></td>
-
-<td>0 = false, 1 = true</td>
-</tr>
-
-<tr>
-<td>IMAGE_MINMAXRANGE</td>
-
-<td>O<sup>3,5</sup></td>
-
-<td>Array [2] &lt;same datatype as data values></td>
-
-<td></td>
-
-<td>The (&lt;minimum>, &lt;maximum>) value of the data.</td>
-</tr>
-
-<tr>
-<td>IMAGE_BACKGROUNDINDEX</td>
-
-<td>O<sup>3</sup></td>
-
-<td>Unsigned Integer</td>
-
-<td></td>
-
-<td>The index of the background color.</td>
-</tr>
-
-<tr>
-<td>IMAGE_TRANSPARENCY</td>
-
-<td>O<sup>3,5</sup></td>
-
-<td>Unsigned Integer</td>
-
-<td></td>
-
-<td>The index of the transparent color.</td>
-</tr>
-
-<tr>
-<td>IMAGE_ASPECTRATIO</td>
-
-<td>O<sup>3,4</sup></td>
-
-<td>Unsigned Integer</td>
-
-<td></td>
-
-<td>The aspect ratio.</td>
-</tr>
-
-<tr>
-<td>IMAGE_COLORMODEL</td>
-
-<td>O<sup>3,6</sup></td>
-
-<td>String</td>
-
-<td>3, 4, or 5</td>
-
-<td>The color model, as defined below in the Palette specification for
-attribute <b>PAL_COLORMODEL</b>.</td>
-</tr>
-
-<tr>
-<td>IMAGE_GAMMACORRECTION</td>
-
-<td>O<sup>3,6</sup></td>
-
-<td>Float</td>
-
-<td></td>
-
-<td>The gamma correction.</td>
-</tr>
-
-<tr>
-<td>IMAGE_VERSION</td>
-
-<td>R</td>
-
-<td>String</td>
-
-<td>3</td>
-
-<td>"1.2"</td>
-</tr>
-</table></center>
-
-<dl><font size=-1>1.&nbsp; The first element of the array is the default
-Palette.</font>
-<br><font size=-1>2.&nbsp; This attribute is <b>required</b> for images
-that use one of the standard color map types listed.</font>
-<br><font size=-1>3. This attribute is <b>required</b> if set for the source
-image, in the case that the image is translated from another file into
-HDF5.</font>
-<br><font size=-1>4.&nbsp; This applies to:&nbsp; IMAGE_SUBCLASS="IMAGE_GRAYSCALE"
-or "IMAGE_BITMAP".</font>
-<br><font size=-1>5.&nbsp; This applies to:&nbsp; IMAGE_SUBCLASS="IMAGE_GRAYSCALE",
-"IMAGE_BITMAP", or "IMAGE_INDEXED".</font>
-<br><font size=-1>6.&nbsp; This applies to: IMAGE_SUBCLASS="IMAGE_TRUECOLOR",
-or "IMAGE_INDEXED".</font></dl>
-</dl>
-Table 2 summarizes the standard attributes for an Image datasets using
-the common sub-classes. R means that the attribute listed on the leftmost
-column is Required for the image subclass on the first row, O means that
-the attribute is Optional for that subclass and N that the attribute cannot
-be applied to that subclass. The two first rows show the only required
-attributes
-for all subclasses.
-<br>&nbsp;
-<table BORDER WIDTH="100%" >
-<caption><b>Table 2a. Applicability of Attributes to IMAGE sub-classes</b></caption>
-
-<tr>
-<td WIDTH="20%"><b>IMAGE_SUBCLASS</b><sup>1</sup></td>
-
-<td WIDTH="20%"><b>IMAGE_GRAYSCALE</b></td>
-
-<td WIDTH="20%"><b>IMAGE_BITMAP</b></td>
-</tr>
-
-<tr>
-<td WIDTH="20%">CLASS</td>
-
-<td WIDTH="20%">R</td>
-
-<td WIDTH="20%">R</td>
-</tr>
-
-<tr>
-<td WIDTH="20%">IMAGE_VERSION</td>
-
-<td WIDTH="20%">R</td>
-
-<td WIDTH="20%">R</td>
-</tr>
-
-<tr>
-<td>INTERLACE_MODE</td>
-
-<td>N</td>
-
-<td>N</td>
-</tr>
-
-<tr>
-<td WIDTH="20%">IMAGE_WHITE_IS_ZERO</td>
-
-<td WIDTH="20%">R</td>
-
-<td WIDTH="20%">R</td>
-</tr>
-
-<tr>
-<td WIDTH="20%">IMAGE_MINMAXRANGE</td>
-
-<td WIDTH="20%">O</td>
-
-<td WIDTH="20%">O</td>
-</tr>
-
-<tr>
-<td WIDTH="20%">IMAGE_BACKGROUNDINDEX</td>
-
-<td WIDTH="20%">O</td>
-
-<td WIDTH="20%">O</td>
-</tr>
-
-<tr>
-<td WIDTH="20%">IMAGE_TRANSPARENCY</td>
-
-<td WIDTH="20%">O</td>
-
-<td WIDTH="20%">O</td>
-</tr>
-
-<tr>
-<td WIDTH="20%">IMAGE_ASPECTRATIO</td>
-
-<td WIDTH="20%">O</td>
-
-<td WIDTH="20%">O</td>
-</tr>
-
-<tr>
-<td WIDTH="20%">IMAGE_COLORMODEL</td>
-
-<td WIDTH="20%">N</td>
-
-<td WIDTH="20%">N</td>
-</tr>
-
-<tr>
-<td WIDTH="20%">IMAGE_GAMMACORRECTION</td>
-
-<td WIDTH="20%">N</td>
-
-<td WIDTH="20%">N</td>
-</tr>
-
-<tr>
-<td WIDTH="20%">PALETTE</td>
-
-<td WIDTH="20%">O</td>
-
-<td WIDTH="20%">O</td>
-</tr>
-
-<tr>
-<td>DISPLAY_ORIGIN</td>
-
-<td>O</td>
-
-<td>O</td>
-</tr>
-</table>
-
-<blockquote>&nbsp;</blockquote>
-
-<table BORDER WIDTH="100%" >
-<caption><b>Table 2b. Applicability of Attributes to IMAGE sub-classes</b></caption>
-
-<tr>
-<td WIDTH="20%"><b>IMAGE_SUBCLASS</b></td>
-
-<td WIDTH="20%"><b>IMAGE_TRUECOLOR</b></td>
-
-<td><b>IMAGE_INDEXED</b></td>
-</tr>
-
-<tr>
-<td WIDTH="20%">CLASS</td>
-
-<td WIDTH="20%">R</td>
-
-<td>R</td>
-</tr>
-
-<tr>
-<td WIDTH="20%">IMAGE_VERSION</td>
-
-<td WIDTH="20%">R</td>
-
-<td>R</td>
-</tr>
-
-<tr>
-<td>INTERLACE_MODE</td>
-
-<td>R</td>
-
-<td>N</td>
-</tr>
-
-<tr>
-<td WIDTH="20%">IMAGE_WHITE_IS_ZERO</td>
-
-<td WIDTH="20%">N</td>
-
-<td>N</td>
-</tr>
-
-<tr>
-<td WIDTH="20%">IMAGE_MINMAXRANGE</td>
-
-<td WIDTH="20%">N</td>
-
-<td>O</td>
-</tr>
-
-<tr>
-<td WIDTH="20%">IMAGE_BACKGROUNDINDEX</td>
-
-<td WIDTH="20%">N</td>
-
-<td>O</td>
-</tr>
-
-<tr>
-<td WIDTH="20%">IMAGE_TRANSPARENCY</td>
-
-<td WIDTH="20%">N</td>
-
-<td>O</td>
-</tr>
-
-<tr>
-<td WIDTH="20%">IMAGE_ASPECTRATIO</td>
-
-<td WIDTH="20%">O</td>
-
-<td>O</td>
-</tr>
-
-<tr>
-<td WIDTH="20%">IMAGE_COLORMODEL</td>
-
-<td WIDTH="20%">O</td>
-
-<td>O</td>
-</tr>
-
-<tr>
-<td WIDTH="20%">IMAGE_GAMMACORRECTION</td>
-
-<td WIDTH="20%">O</td>
-
-<td>O</td>
-</tr>
-
-<tr>
-<td WIDTH="20%">PALETTE</td>
-
-<td WIDTH="20%">O</td>
-
-<td>O</td>
-</tr>
-
-<tr>
-<td>DISPLAY_ORIGIN</td>
-
-<td>O</td>
-
-<td>O</td>
-</tr>
-</table>
-
-<h3>
-<a NAME="Section1.3"></a>1.3 Storage Layout and Properties for Images</h3>
-In the case of an image with more than one component per pixel (e.g., Red,
-Green, and Blue), the data may be arranged in one of two ways.&nbsp; Following
-HDF4 terminology, the data may be interlaced by pixel or by plane, which
-should be indicated by the INTERLACE_MODE&nbsp; attribute.&nbsp; In both
-cases, the dataset will have a dataspace with three dimensions, height,
-width, and components.&nbsp; The interlace modes specify different orders
-for the dimensions.
-<br>&nbsp;
-<table BORDER COLS=2 WIDTH="100%" >
-<caption><b>Table 3. Storage of multiple component image data.</b></caption>
-
-<tr>
-<td><b>Interlace Mode</b></td>
-
-<td><b>Dimensions in the Dataspace</b></td>
-</tr>
-
-<tr>
-<td>INTERLACE_PIXEL</td>
-
-<td>[height][width][pixel components]</td>
-</tr>
-
-<tr>
-<td>INTERLACE_PLANE</td>
-
-<td>[pixel components][height][width]</td>
-</tr>
-</table>
-
-<p>For example, consider a 5 (rows) by 10 (column) image, with Red, Green,
-and Blue components.&nbsp; Each component is an unsigned byte. In HDF5,
-the datatype would be declared as an unsigned 8 bit integer.&nbsp; For
-pixel interlace, the dataspace would be a three dimensional array, with
-dimensions: [10][5][3].&nbsp; For plane interleave, the dataspace would
-be three dimensions: [3][10][5].
-<p>In the case of images with only one component, the dataspace may be
-either a two dimensional array, or a three dimensional array with the third
-dimension of size 1.&nbsp; For example, a 5 by 10 image with 8 bit color
-indexes would be an HDF5 dataset with type unsigned 8 bit integer.&nbsp;
-The dataspace could be either a two dimensional array, with dimensions
-[10][5], or three dimensions, with dimensions either [10][5][1] or [1][10][5].
-<p>Image datasets may be stored with any chunking or compression properties
-supported by HDF5.
-<p><b>A note concerning compatibility with HDF5 GR interface: </b>An Image
-dataset is stored as an HDF5 dataset.&nbsp; It is important to note that
-the order of the dimensions is the same as for any other HDF5 dataset.&nbsp;
-For a two dimensional image that is to be stored as a series of horizontal
-scan lines, with the scan lines contiguous (i.e., the fastest changing
-dimension is 'width'), the image will have a dataspace with <i>dim[0] =
-height</i> and <i>dim[1]</i> = <i>width</i>.&nbsp; This is completely consistent
-with all other HDF5 datasets.
-<p>Users familiar with HDF4 should be cautioned that <i>this is not the
-same as HDF4</i>, and specifically is not consistent with what the HDF4
-GR interface does.
-<br>&nbsp;
-<h2>
-<a NAME="sect2"></a>2.&nbsp; HDF5 Palette Specification</h2>
-
-<h3>
-2.1 Overview</h3>
-A palette is the means by which color is applied to an image and is also
-referred to as a color lookup table. It is a table in which every row contains
-the numerical representation of a particular color. In the example of an
-8 bit standard RGB color model palette, this numerical representation of
-a color is presented as a triplet specifying the intensity of red, green,
-and blue components that make up each color.
-<center>
-<p><img SRC="Palettes.fm.anc.gif" ></center>
-
-<p>In this example, the color component numeric type is an 8 bit unsigned
-integer. While this is most common and recommended for general use, other
-component color numeric datatypes, such as a 16 bit unsigned integer ,
-may be used. This type is specified as the type attribute of the palette
-dataset. (see H5Tget_type(), H5Tset_type())
-<p>The minimum and maximum values of the component color numeric are specified
-as attribute of the palette dataset. See below (attribute PAL_MINMAXNUMERIC).
-If these attributes do not exist, it is assumed that the range of values
-will fill the space of the color numeric type. i.e. with an 8 bit unsigned
-integer, the valid range would be 0 to 255 for each color component.
-<p>The HDF5 palette specification additionally allows for color models
-beyond RGB. YUV, HSV, CMY, CMYK, YCbCr color models are supported, and
-may be specified as a color model attribute of the palette dataset. <i>(see
-"Palette Attributes" for details)</i>.
-<p>In HDF 4 and earlier, palettes were limited to 256 colors. The HDF5
-palette specification allows for palettes of varying length. The length
-is specified as the number of rows of the palette dataset.
-<br>&nbsp;
-<br>&nbsp;
-<table BORDER COLS=1 WIDTH="100%" BGCOLOR="#666666" >
-<tr>
-<td><font color="#FFFFFF">Important Note: The specification of the Indexed
-Palette will change substantially in the next version.&nbsp; The Palette
-described here is <i>denigrated</i> and is not supported.</font></td>
-</tr>
-</table>
-
-<br>&nbsp;
-<table BORDER COLS=1 WIDTH="100%" BGCOLOR="#CCCCCC" >
-<tr>
-<td><i>Denigrated</i>
-<p>In a standard palette, the color entries are indexed directly. HDF5
-supports the notion of a range index table. Such a table defines an ascending
-ordered list of ranges that map dataset values to the palette. If a range
-index table exists for the palette, the PAL_TYPE attribute will be set
-to "RANGEINDEX", and the PAL_RANGEINDEX attribute will contain an object
-reference to a range index table array. If not, the PAL_TYPE attribute
-either does not exist, or will be set to "STANDARD".
-<p>The range index table array consists of a one dimensional array with
-the same length as the palette dataset - 1. Ideally, the range index would
-be of the same type as the dataset it refers to, however this is not a
-requirement.
-<p><b>Example 2: A range index array of type floating point</b>
-<center>
-<p><img SRC="PaletteExample1.gif" ></center>
-
-<p>The range index array attribute defines the "<i>to</i>" of the range.
-Notice that the range index array attribute is one less entry in size than
-the palette. The first entry of 0.1259, specifies that all values below
-and up to 0.1259 inclusive, will map to the first palette entry. The second
-entry signifies that all values greater than 0.1259 up to 0.3278 inclusive,
-will map to the second palette entry, etc. All value greater than the last
-range index array attribute (100000) map to the last entry in the palette.</td>
-</tr>
-</table>
-
-<h3>
-<a NAME="sect2.2"></a>2.2. Palette Attributes</h3>
-A palette exists in an HDF file as an independent data set with accompanying
-attributes.&nbsp; The Palette attributes are scalars except where noted
-otherwise.&nbsp; String values should have size the length of the string
-value plus one.&nbsp; "Required" attributes must be used.&nbsp; "Optional"
-attributes must be used when required.
-<p>These attributes are defined as follows:
-<dl>
-<dt>
-Attribute name="<b>CLASS</b>" (Required)</dt>
-
-<dd>
-This attribute is of type H5T_C_S1, with size 7.</dd>
-
-<dd>
-For all palettes, the value of this attribute is "PALETTE". This attribute
-identifies this palette data set as a palette that conforms to the specifications
-on this page.</dd>
-
-<dt>
-Attribute name="<b>PAL_COLORMODEL</b>" (Required)</dt>
-
-<dd>
-This attribute is of type H5T_C_S1, with size 3, 4, or 5.</dd>
-
-<dd>
-Possible values for this are "RGB", "YUV", "CMY", "CMYK", "YCbCr", "HSV".</dd>
-
-<dd>
-This defines the color model that the entries in the palette data set represent.</dd>
-
-<dl>
-<dt>
-"RGB"</dt>
-
-<dd>
-Each color index contains a triplet where the the first value defines the
-red component, second defines the green component, and the third the blue
-component.</dd>
-
-<dt>
-"CMY"</dt>
-
-<dd>
-Each color index contains a triplet where the the first value defines the
-cyan component, second defines the magenta component, and the third the
-yellow component.</dd>
-
-<dt>
-"CMYK"</dt>
-
-<dd>
-Each color index contains a quadruplet where the the first value defines
-the cyan component, second defines the magenta component, the third the
-yellow component, and the forth the black component.</dd>
-
-<dt>
-"YCbCr"</dt>
-
-<dd>
-Class Y encoding model. Each color index contains a triplet where the the
-first value defines the luminance, second defines the Cb Chromonance, and
-the third the Cr Chromonance.</dd>
-
-<dt>
-"YUV"</dt>
-
-<dd>
-Composite encoding color model. Each color index contains a triplet where
-the the first value defines the luminance component, second defines the
-chromonance component, and the third the value component.</dd>
-
-<dt>
-"HSV"</dt>
-
-<dd>
-Each color index contains a triplet where the the first value defines the
-hue component, second defines the saturation component, and the third the
-value component. The hue component defines the hue spectrum with a low
-value representing magenta/red progressing to a high value which would
-represent blue/magenta, passing through yellow, green, cyan. A low value
-for the saturation component means less color saturation than a high value.
-A low value for <i>value</i> will be darker than a high value.</dd>
-
-<dd>
-</dd>
-</dl>
-
-<dt>
-Attribute name="<b>PAL_TYPE</b>" (Required)</dt>
-
-<dd>
-This attribute is of type H5T_C_S1, with size 9 or 10.</dd>
-
-<dd>
-The current supported values for this attribute are : "STANDARD8" or "RANGEINDEX"</dd>
-
-<dd>
-A PAL_TYPE of "STANDARD8" defines a palette dataset such that the first
-entry defines index 0, the second entry defines index 1, etc. up until
-the length of the palette - 1. This assumes an image dataset with direct
-indexes into the palette.</dd>
-</dl>
-
-<dl>&nbsp;
-<table BORDER COLS=1 WIDTH="100%" BGCOLOR="#CCCCCC" >
-<tr>
-<td><i>Denigrated</i>
-<p>If the PAL_TYPE is set to "RANGEINDEX", there will be an additional
-attribute with a name of "<b>PAL_RANGEINDEX</b>",&nbsp; (See example 2
-for more details)</td>
-</tr>
-</table>
-
-<table BORDER COLS=1 WIDTH="100%" BGCOLOR="#CCCCCC" >
-<tr>
-<td>
-<dt>
-Attribute name="<b>PAL_RANGEINDEX</b>"&nbsp;&nbsp; <i>(Denigrated)</i></dt>
-
-<dl>
-<dd>
-The <b>PAL_RANGEINDEX</b> attribute contains an HDF object reference (HDF5
-datatype H5T_STD_REF_OBJ) pointer which specifies a range index array in
-the file to be used for color lookups for the palette.&nbsp; (Only for
-PAL_TYPE="RANGEINDEX")</dd>
-</dl>
-</td>
-</tr>
-</table>
-
-<dt>
-Attribute name="<b>PAL_MINMAXNUMERIC</b>"</dt>
-
-<dl>
-<dt>
-If present, this attribute is an array of two numbers, of the same HDF5
-datatype as the palette elements or color numerics.</dt>
-
-<br>They specify the minimum and maximum values of the color numeric components.
-For example, if the palette was an RGB of type Float, the color numeric
-range for Red, Green, and Blue could be set to be between 0.0 and 1.0.
-The intensity of the color guns would then be scaled accordingly to be
-between this minimum and maximum attribute.</dl>
-Attribute name="<b>PAL_VERSION</b>"&nbsp; (Required)
-<dl>This attribute is of type H5T_C_S1, with size corresponding to the
-length of the version string.&nbsp; This attribute identifies the version
-number of this specification to which it conforms.&nbsp; The current version
-is "1.2".</dl>
-
-<center><table BORDER=2 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" >
-<caption><b>Table 4. Attributes of a Palette Dataset</b></caption>
-
-<tr>
-<td><b>Attribute Name</b></td>
-
-<td><b>(R = Required,</b>
-<br><b>O = Optional)</b></td>
-
-<td><b>Type</b></td>
-
-<td><b>String Size</b></td>
-
-<td><b>Value</b></td>
-</tr>
-
-<tr>
-<td>CLASS</td>
-
-<td>R</td>
-
-<td>String</td>
-
-<td>
-<center>7</center>
-</td>
-
-<td>"PALETTE"</td>
-</tr>
-
-<tr>
-<td>PAL_COLORMODEL</td>
-
-<td>R</td>
-
-<td>String</td>
-
-<td>
-<center>3, 4, or 5</center>
-</td>
-
-<td>Color Model:&nbsp; "RGB", YUV", "CMY", "CMYK", "YCbCr", or "HSV"</td>
-</tr>
-
-<tr>
-<td>PAL_TYPE</td>
-
-<td>R</td>
-
-<td>String</td>
-
-<td>
-<center>9</center>
-
-<p><br>
-<table BORDER COLS=1 WIDTH="100%" BGCOLOR="#CCCCCC" >
-<tr>
-<td>or 10</td>
-</tr>
-</table>
-</td>
-
-<td>"STANDARD8"&nbsp;
-<table BORDER COLS=1 WIDTH="100%" BGCOLOR="#CCCCCC" >
-<tr>
-<td>or "RANGEINDEX" <i>(Denigrated)</i></td>
-</tr>
-</table>
-</td>
-</tr>
-
-<tr>
-<td>
-<table BORDER COLS=1 WIDTH="100%" BGCOLOR="#CCCCCC" >
-<tr>
-<td><i>Denigrated</i>
-<br>RANGE_INDEX</td>
-</tr>
-</table>
-</td>
-
-<td></td>
-
-<td>
-<table BORDER COLS=1 WIDTH="100%" BGCOLOR="#CCCCCC" >
-<tr>
-<td>Object Reference&nbsp;</td>
-</tr>
-</table>
-</td>
-
-<td></td>
-
-<td>
-<table BORDER COLS=1 WIDTH="100%" BGCOLOR="#CCCCCC" >
-<tr>
-<td>&lt;Object Reference to Dataset of range index values></td>
-</tr>
-</table>
-</td>
-</tr>
-
-<tr>
-<td>PAL_MINMAXNUMERIC</td>
-
-<td>O</td>
-
-<td>Array[2] of &lt;same datatype as palette></td>
-
-<td></td>
-
-<td>The first value is the &lt;Minimum value for color values>, the second
-value is &lt;Maximum value for color values><sup>2</sup></td>
-</tr>
-
-<tr>
-<td>PAL_VERSION</td>
-
-<td>R</td>
-
-<td>String</td>
-
-<td>4</td>
-
-<td>"1.2"</td>
-</tr>
-</table></center>
-
-<dl>&nbsp;
-<table BORDER COLS=1 WIDTH="100%" BGCOLOR="#CCCCCC" >
-<tr>
-<td><font size=-1>1.&nbsp; The RANGE_INDEX attribute is required if the
-PAL_TYPE is "RANGEINDEX".&nbsp; Otherwise, the RANGE_INDEX attribute should
-be omitted. (Range index is denigrated.)</font></td>
-</tr>
-</table>
-<font size=-1>2.&nbsp; The minimum and maximum are optional.&nbsp; If not
-set, the range is assumed to the maximum range of the number type.&nbsp;
-If one of these attributes is set, then both should be set.&nbsp; The value
-of the minimum must be less than or equal to the value of the maximum.</font></dl>
-</dl>
-Table 5 summarized the uses of the standard attributes for a palette dataset.
-R means that the attribute listed on the leftmost column is Required for
-the palette type on the first row, O means that the attribute is Optional
-for that type and N that the attribute cannot be applied to that type.
-The four first rows show the attributes that are always required&nbsp;
-for the two palette types.
-<br>&nbsp;
-<br>&nbsp;
-<table BORDER WIDTH="100%" >
-<caption><b>Table 5. Applicability of Attributes</b></caption>
-
-<tr>
-<td WIDTH="33%"><b>PAL_TYPE</b></td>
-
-<td WIDTH="33%"><b>STANDARD8</b></td>
-
-<td WIDTH="34%"><b>RANGEINDEX</b></td>
-</tr>
-
-<tr>
-<td WIDTH="33%">CLASS</td>
-
-<td WIDTH="33%">R</td>
-
-<td WIDTH="34%">R</td>
-</tr>
-
-<tr>
-<td WIDTH="33%">PAL_VERSION</td>
-
-<td WIDTH="33%">R</td>
-
-<td WIDTH="34%">R</td>
-</tr>
-
-<tr>
-<td WIDTH="33%">PAL_COLORMODEL</td>
-
-<td WIDTH="33%">R</td>
-
-<td WIDTH="34%">R</td>
-</tr>
-
-<tr>
-<td WIDTH="33%">RANGE_INDEX</td>
-
-<td WIDTH="33%">N</td>
-
-<td WIDTH="34%">R</td>
-</tr>
-
-<tr>
-<td WIDTH="33%">PAL_MINMAXNUMERIC</td>
-
-<td WIDTH="33%">O</td>
-
-<td WIDTH="34%">O</td>
-</tr>
-</table>
-
-<h3>
-2.3. Storage Layout for Palettes</h3>
-The values of the Palette are stored as a dataset.&nbsp; The datatype can
-be any HDF 5 atomic numeric type.&nbsp; The dataset will have dimensions
-(<tt>nentries</tt>&nbsp; by&nbsp; <tt>ncomponents</tt>), where '<tt>nentries</tt>'
-is the number of colors (usually 256) and '<tt>ncomponents'</tt> is the
-number of values per color (3 for <b>RGB</b>, 4 for <b>CMYK</b>, etc.)
-<br>&nbsp;
-<h2>
-<a NAME="Sect3"></a>3.&nbsp; Consistency and Correlation of Image and Palette
-Attributes</h2>
-The objects in this specification are an extension to the base HDF5 specification
-and library.&nbsp; They are accessible with the standard HDF5 library,
-but the semantics of the objects are not enforced by the base library.&nbsp;
-For example, it is perfectly possible to add an attribute called <b>IMAGE</b>
-to <i>any</i> dataset, or to include an object reference to <i>any</i>
-HDF5 dataset in a <b>PALETTE</b> attribute.&nbsp; This would be a valid
-HDF5 file, but not conformant to this specification.&nbsp; The rules defined
-in this specification must be implemented with appropriate software, and
-applications must use conforming software to assure correctness.
-<p>The Image and Palette specifications include several redundant standard
-attributes, such as the <b>IMAGE_COLORMODEL</b> and the <b>PAL_COLORMODEL</b>.&nbsp;
-These attributes are informative not normative, in that it is acceptable
-to attach a Palette to an Image dataset even if their attributes do not
-match.&nbsp; Software is not required to enforce consistency, and files
-may contain mismatched associations of Images and Palettes.&nbsp; In all
-cases, it is up to applications to determine what kinds of images and color
-models can be supported.
-<p>For example, an Image that was created from a file with an "RGB" may
-have a "YUV" Palette in its <b>PALETTE</b> attribute array.&nbsp; This
-would be a legal HDF5 file and also conforms to this specification, although
-it may or may not be correct for a given application.</p>
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