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@@ -447,11 +447,15 @@ H5Pset_external (plist, "scan3.data", 0, 16);
*<em>name</em>, hid_t <em>type_id</em>, hid_t
<em>space_id</em>, hid_t <em>create_plist_id</em>)</code>
<dd>A dataset is created by calling <code>H5Dcreate</code> with
- a file identifier, a dataset name, a datatype, a data space,
- and constant properties. The datatype and data space are the
+ a file identifier, a dataset name, a datatype, a dataspace,
+ and constant properties. The datatype and dataspace are the
type and space of the dataset as it will exist in the file,
- which may be different than in application memory. The
- <em>create_plist_id</em> is a <code>H5P_DATASET_CREATE</code>
+ which may be different than in application memory.
+ Dataset names within a group must be unique:
+ <code>H5Dcreate</code> returns an error if a dataset with the
+ name specified in <code><em>name</em></code> already exists
+ at the location specified in <code><em>file_id</em></code>.
+ The <em>create_plist_id</em> is a <code>H5P_DATASET_CREATE</code>
property list created with <code>H5Pcreate()</code> and
initialized with the various functions described above.
<code>H5Dcreate()</code> returns a dataset handle for success