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Hi Jeff The RFC proposes that the header will be saved as an attribute of compound type with 3 fields, the last one being the comments. other option would be to write each line as a single (string) attribute. Pedro At 09:15 AM 2/6/2006, Jeff Mather wrote: >I think the RFC is a good start. > >The largest gap I see in it is the way to deal with comments associated >with non-COMMENT keywords. Here's an excerpt from a real-world file >provided to us by a customer: > >FIBER = Off /The Fiber optic light >INCAND = Off /The Incandescent light >MONOCHR = On /The Monochrometer >NEWPORT = On /The Newport three axis stage >MIKRON = Off /The Mikron blackbody source >SOLDER = Off /The Soldering iron >BBSETPT = Unknown /The Setpoint of the Mikron Black Body >BBTEMP = Unknown /The actual temp of the Mikron Black Body >LAMBDA = 1440.0 nm /The monochromator wavelength >ORDER = 1 /The order number of LAMBDA >GRATING = 1200 g/mm, blazed at 500 nm /The monochromator grating >MONFILT = Open /The position of the monochrometer filter wheel >DSUB = 0.349 /value of the Detector substrate Bias >VRESET = 0.086 /The reset voltage >VBIASPWR= 3.247 /VBIASPOWER The pixel source-follower source voltage >VBIASGTE= 2.368 /VBIASGATE The pixel source-follower bias voltage >DRAIN = -0.0010 /The drain voltage >VPULLA7 = 3.298 /The pull up voltage for output a7 >VPULLA15= 3.298 /The pull up voltage for output a15 >OUTWINA = 3.298 /not used >VREF = 1.998 /The reference voltage >VPULLA23= 3.298 /The pull up voltage for output a23 >VPULLA31= 3.298 /The pull up voltage for output a31 >VDDA = 3.247 /The analog positive power supply >VDD = 3.247 /The digital postive power supply > Created by the IDTL > >Where will the values after the slashes show up in the HDF5 files? > >Jeff Mather >Image & Scientific Formats Team >The MathWorks > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: owner-hdfnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-hdfnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] >On >> Behalf Of Pedro Vicente Nunes >> Sent: Friday, February 03, 2006 11:03 AM >> To: hdfnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; netcdfgroup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> Subject: RFC for FITS to HDF5 Converter >> >> >> RFC for FITS to HDF5 Converter >> >> The HDF group at NCSA is seeking input regarding a FITS-to-HDF5 >Converter. >> HDF5 is a general purpose library and file format for storing >scientific >> data. >> >> The current RFC (request for comments) for the converter is posted >here: >> >> http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/RFC/fits2h5/fits2h5.htm >> >> We would particularly like feedback from HDF5 users and the FITS >community >> regarding the preferred way to write the HDF5 file. >> >> Your comments will be highly appreciated. >> >> Thank you. >> >> For more information about HDF5, see the following site: >> >> http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/ >> >> >> >> >> Pedro Vicente Nunes >> -------------------------------------------------------------- >> http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu >> Office phone: (217)-265-0311 >> Cell phone: (217)-898-5470 >> pvn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Pedro Vicente Nunes -------------------------------------------------------------- http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu Office phone: (217)-265-0311 Cell phone: (217)-898-5470 pvn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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