Re: [Hdf-forum] MIME type for HDF 5

[Aditya Aggarwal]

Thank you Quincey. In the meantime, just to give you an idea, what we have done for now is to use application/x-bag as the MIME, in the absence of an HDF5 MIME.  But when the HDF5 MIME does become available we would do something like application/x-hdf;subtype=bag as BAG format uses HDF5 to provide the basic mechanism of data encapsulation and file I/O. Thus the MIME will not only benefit HDF5 users directly but for others as well who use HDF5 to create file formats and are looking to exchange data over the web. Aditya On 15/05/2012 3:58 PM, hdf-forum-requ...@hdfgroup.org wrote: Message: 4 Date: Tue, 15 May 2012 13:58:17 -0500 From: Quincey Koziol <koz...@hdfgroup.org> To: HDF Users Discussion List <hdf-forum@hdfgroup.org> Subject: Re: [Hdf-forum] MIME type for HDF 5 Message-ID: <5615cdad-a482-4855-9bcb-8c8179333...@hdfgroup.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" Hi Aditya, Unfortunately, I don't think there's any official MIME type for HDF5 currently. I've registered an issue for this though, and we'll put it into our work queue. Quincey On May 3, 2012, at 11:04 AM, Aditya Aggarwal wrote: > Any insight with request will be helpful. Thanks. > > Aditya > On 02/05/2012 10:56 AM, hdf-forum-requ...@hdfgroup.org wrote: >> >> >> Today's Topics: >> >> 1. Assertion fail on H5Dwrite - using hdf 1.6.5 (Ramakrishnan Iyer) >> 2. MIME type for HDF 5 (Aditya Aggarwal) >> 3. h5dump - dimensions of a dataset?? (runway88) >> >> >> >> >> Message: 2 >> Date: Tue, 01 May 2012 16:06:19 -0300 >> From: Aditya Aggarwal <aditya.aggar...@caris.com> >> To: hdf-forum@hdfgroup.org >> Subject: [Hdf-forum] MIME type for HDF 5 >> Message-ID: <4fa0342b.3020...@caris.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; Format="flowed" >> >> Hi >> >> I was looking for information if there are any specific mime types >> defined for HDF5 formats with hdf extension, such as defined for HDF4 >> (application/x-hdf >> http://reference.wolfram.com/mathematica/ref/format/HDF.html). >> The goal here is to identify if there is such a mime type specified >> which can then be used to define a mechanism to define MIME types for >> files based on HDF5. For example, for a BAG (Bathymetry Attributed Grid >> https://marinemetadata.org/references/bag) file the MIME can then be >> defined as application/x-hdf;subtype=bag in line with IANA standards >> (http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4288). >> >> Thanks >> Aditya >> > -- Aditya Aggarwal Software Engineer 115 Waggoners Lane Fredericton, New Brunswick Canada    E3B 2L4 Tel: +1.506.458.8533     Fax: +1.506.459.3849 www.caris.com Join us for CARIS 2012 — Exploration and Discovery June 25–28, 2012, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Visit www.caris.com/caris2012 for details today Connect with CARIS Download your free copy of CARIS Easy View today! www.caris.com/easyview _________________________________________________________________________ This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended only for the addressee(s). If you are not the intended recipient(s) please notify us by email reply. You should not use, disclose, distribute or copy this communication if received in error. Any views or opinions expressed in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the company. No binding contract will result from this email until such time as a written document is signed on behalf of the company.

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