Hi Tuan,
On Feb 7, 2011, at 8:52 PM, Hoang Trong Minh Tuan wrote:
> Hi all,
> I have a 3D volumetric data which is organized as 1D array (for better
> data management during the simulation). This is time-series data, so
> basically I will have an array of
> - 1D data (with size X*Y*Z)
> - 3D data (with size (X,Y,Z))
> when I save to output file.
>
> My question is, to save this data to HDF5 file format. Should I keep using 1D
> linear array, or map to 3D dataset?
Generally speaking, you should make the data as self-describing as
possible. In this case, that means you should map to a 3D dataset.
> Is there a specific HDF5 API designed for dealing with 3D dataset?
The regular Dataset API (H5D* routines) is appropriate for this dataset.
Quincey
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