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diff --git a/doc/html/Tutor/fileorg.html b/doc/html/Tutor/fileorg.html index 03c2c29..afc0cba 100644 --- a/doc/html/Tutor/fileorg.html +++ b/doc/html/Tutor/fileorg.html @@ -21,28 +21,28 @@ width=78 height=27 alt="NCSA"><P></A> <BODY> <P> -An HDF5 file is a container for storing a variety of scientific data, and the -two primary HDF5 objects are groups and datasets. +An HDF5 file is a container for storing a variety of scientific data +is composed of two primary types of objects: groups and datasets. <UL> <LI><B>HDF5 group:</B> a grouping structure containing zero or more HDF5 - objects, together with supporting metadata. + objects, together with supporting metadata <LI><B>HDF5 dataset:</B> a multidimensional array of data elements, together - with supporting metadata. + with supporting metadata </UL> -Any HDF5 group or dataset may have an associated attribute list. An HDF5 -attribute is a user-defined HDF5 structure that provides extra information +Any HDF5 group or dataset may have an associated attribute list. An <B>HDF5 +attribute</B> is a user-defined HDF5 structure that provides extra information about an HDF5 object. <P> -Working with groups and group members (datasets for example) is similar in many +Working with groups and datasets is similar in many ways to working with directories and files in UNIX. As with UNIX directories -and files, objects in an HDF5 file are often described by giving their full (or -absolute) path names. +and files, an HDF5 object in an HDF5 file is often referred to by its +<B>full path name</B> (also called an <B>absolute path name</B>). <UL> <CODE>/</CODE> signifies the root group.<BR> - <CODE>/foo</CODE> signifies a member of the root group called <I>foo</I>. + <CODE>/foo</CODE> signifies a member of the root group called <code>foo</code>. <BR> - <CODE>/foo/zoo</CODE> signifies a member of the group <I>foo</I>, which in + <CODE>/foo/zoo</CODE> signifies a member of the group <code>foo</code>, which in turn is a member of the root group. </UL> <P> @@ -90,8 +90,11 @@ The tutorial ends with a glossary and references. <!-- <A HREF="helpdesk.mail.html"> --> <A HREF="mailto:hdfhelp@ncsa.uiuc.edu"> hdfhelp@ncsa.uiuc.edu</A> -<BR> <H6>Last Modified: July 30, 1999</H6><BR> +<br> +Describes HDF5 Release 1.2.2, June 2000 +<BR> <H6>Last Modified: December 10, 1999</H6><BR> <!-- modified by Barbara Jones - bljones@ncsa.uiuc.edu --> +<!-- modified by Frank Baker - fbaker@ncsa.uiuc.edu --> </FONT> <BR> <!-- <A HREF="mailto:hdfhelp@ncsa.uiuc.edu"> --> |