Hi Thomas,
On Jul 2, 2010, at 1:44 PM, Thomas Robitaille wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Is there a way to specify comments or definitions for attributes of groups or
> datasets? In the Flexible Image Transport System (FITS) standard, this is
> possible, as demonstrated in the following header chunk:
>
> SIMPLE = T
> BITPIX = -16 / unsigned 16-bit integers
> NAXIS = 2 / 2-dimensional image
> NAXIS1 = 100 / x dimension
> NAXIS2 = 100 / y dimension
>
> Is there a way to do this in HDF5?
Not explicitly, no. However, you could define a convention where you
created additional attributes for each attribute, something like an attribute
named "foo" and another attribute named "foo_comment".
Quincey
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