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+<html><head><title>
+HDF5 Draft Glossary
+</title></head><body>
+
+<center>
+<h1>HDF5 Glossary</h1>
+</center>
+
+A glossary of data-types used in the HDF5 APIs.
+
+<ol type=A>
+ <li><a href="#Glossary-Basic">Basic Types</a>
+ <li><a href="#Glossary-Complex">Complex Types</a>
+ <li><a href="#Glossary-DiskIO">Disk I/O Types</a>
+</ol>
+
+<P>Since many of the typedefs in the HDF5 API are not well-defined yet,
+the types below may change radically en route to a final API...
+
+<hr>
+
+<a name="Glossary-Basic">Basic Types:</a>
+<ul>
+ <li>char - 8-bit character (only for ASCII information)
+ <li>int8 - 8-bit signed integer
+ <li>uint8 - 8-bit unsigned integer
+ <li>int16 - 16-bit signed integer
+ <li>uint16 - 16-bit unsigned integer
+ <li>int32 - 32-bit signed integer
+ <li>uint32 - 32-bit unsigned integer
+ <li>intn - "native" signed integer
+ <li>uintn - "native" unsigned integer
+ <li>int64 - 64-bit signed integer (new)
+ <li>uint64 - 64-bit unsigned integer (new)
+ <li>float32 - 32-bit IEEE float
+ <li>float64 - 64-bit IEEE float
+</ul>
+
+<a name="Glossary-Complex">Complex Types:</a>
+<ul>
+ <li>hid_t - 32-bit unsigned integer used as ID for memory objects
+ <li>hoid_t - 32-bit unsigned integer (currently) used as ID for disk-based
+ objects
+ <li>hbool_t - boolean to indicate true/false/error codes from functions
+ <li>herr_t - 32-bit integer to indicate succeed/fail codes from functions
+</ul>
+
+<a name="Glossary-DiskIO">Disk I/O Types:</a>
+<ul>
+ <li>hoff_t - (64-bit?) offset on disk in bytes
+ <li>hlen_t - (64-bit?) length on disk in bytes
+</ul>
+