On 11/16/10 7:12 AM, Gerrit Holl wrote: > Hi, > > I am moving from NetCDF to HDF5. In NetCDF, I can assign attributes to > each variable/column. That is very useful for self-documenting the > file like this: > > double AVHRR_LONG(Collocations) ; > AVHRR_LONG:long_name = "AVHRR Longitude" ; > AVHRR_LONG:units = "degrees_east" ; > AVHRR_LONG:valid_range = -180., 180. ; > > I know that in HDF5, I can assign attributes to each node. But I think > the columns of a table are not nodes. Is there an equivalent in HDF5 > to NetCDF's variable attributes? How would I use this in pytables? > > regards, > Gerrit. > Gerrit: Are you aware that if you use netcdf 4, then your data is actually saved in an HDF5 file (readable by hdf5 and netcdf clients)?
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