From 3edde57e73c43474ee146b0c8073fba4eafe9e34 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Quincey Koziol <koziol@hdfgroup.org>
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2004 15:27:47 -0500
Subject: [svn-r8754] Purpose:     Update format info

Description:
    Clarify description of filter mask flags for chunked datasets.
---
 doc/html/H5.format.html | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/doc/html/H5.format.html b/doc/html/H5.format.html
index ae1ff23..12b8630 100644
--- a/doc/html/H5.format.html
+++ b/doc/html/H5.format.html
@@ -1045,7 +1045,10 @@ TABLE.list TD { border:none; }
             <tr>
               <td>Bytes 4-8:</td>
               <td>Filter mask, a 32-bit bitfield indicating which 
-                filters have been applied to that chunk.</td>
+                filters have been skipped for this chunk.  Each filter
+                has an index number in the pipeline (starting at 0, with
+                the first filter to apply) and if that filter is skipped,
+                the bit corresponding to it's index is set.</td>
             </tr>
             <tr>
               <td><em>N</em> 64-bit fields:</td>
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