Hierarchical Data Format Specification

The technical specification for the Hierarchical Data Format Version 3.2 format is divided into several plain ASCII documents:

hdf3_2_t.txt

HDF3_2_T.TXT is the HDF document's title page.

hdf_toc.txt

HDF_TOC.TXT is the document's table-of-contents.

hdf.txt

HDF.TXT introduces the HDF format.

hdf3_2_i.txt

HDF3_2_I.TXT includes HDF overview information and describes the differences between HDF Versions 3.1 and 3.2. Hierarchical Data Format (HDF).

hdf3_2_1.txt

HDF3_2_1.TXT is Chapter 1, NCSA HDF Basics.

hdf3_2_2.txt

HCF3_2_2.TXT is Chapter 2, Storing Raster Images.

hdf3_2_3.txt

HCF3_2_3.TXT is Chapter 3, Storing Palettes.

hdf3_2_4.txt

HDF3_2_4.TXT is Chapter 4, Storing Rectangular Gridded Arrays of Scientific Data.

hdf3_2_5.txt

HCF3_2_5.TXT is Chapter 5, Annotating Data Objects and Files.

hdf3_2_6.txt

HDF3_2_6.TXT is Chapter 6, NCSA HDF Command Line Utilities.

app_a.txt

APP_A.TXT is an appendix which describes the tags that are used in the HDF specification.

app_b.txt

APP_B.TXT is an appendix which lists the HDF routines.

hdf3_2_0.txt

HDF3_2_0.TXT is another Version of the routine list included as Appendix B (APP_B.TXT).

These files document earlier versions of the HDF format:

hdf_01.txt

HDF_01.TXT is draft documentation of HDF Version 3.2.

hdf_02.txt

HDF_02.TXT documents HDF Version 2.1 (5/91).

hdf_03.txt

HDF_03.TXT documents HDF Version 2.0 (1/93).

hdf_04.txt

HDF_04.TXT documents an earlier (11/90) version of HDF.

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