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diff --git a/src/H5Tmodule.h b/src/H5Tmodule.h index c489edc..73424fb 100644 --- a/src/H5Tmodule.h +++ b/src/H5Tmodule.h @@ -29,10 +29,38 @@ #define H5_MY_PKG_ERR H5E_DATATYPE #define H5_MY_PKG_INIT YES -/** - * \defgroup H5T H5T - * \brief Datatype Interface - * \todo Describe concisely what the functions in this module are about. +/**\defgroup H5T H5T + * + * Use the functions in this module to manage HDF5 datatypes. + * + * HDF5 datatypes describe the element type of HDF5 datasets and attributes. + * There's a large set of predefined datatypes, but users may find it useful + * to define new datatypes through a process called \Emph{derivation}. + * + * The element type is automatically persisted as part of the HDF5 metadata of + * attributes and datasets. Additionally, datatype definitions can be persisted + * to HDF5 files and linked to groups as HDF5 datatype objects or so-called + * \Emph{committed datatypes}. + * + * <table> + * <tr><th>Create</th><th>Read</th></tr> + * <tr valign="top"> + * <td> + * \snippet{lineno} H5T_examples.c create + * </td> + * <td> + * \snippet{lineno} H5T_examples.c read + * </td> + * <tr><th>Update</th><th>Delete</th></tr> + * <tr valign="top"> + * <td> + * \snippet{lineno} H5T_examples.c update + * </td> + * <td> + * \snippet{lineno} H5T_examples.c delete + * </td> + * </tr> + * </table> * * \defgroup ARRAY Array Datatypes * \ingroup H5T |