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18 lines
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
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<pkgmetadata>
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<herd>sci</herd>
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<longdescription lang="en">
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Common Data Format (CDF) is a conceptual data abstraction for storing
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multi-dimensional data sets. The basic component of CDF is a software
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programming interface that is a device independent view of the CDF data
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model. The application developer is insulated from the actual physical
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file format for reasons of conceptual simplicity, device independence,
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and future expandability. CDF files created on any given platform can
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be transported to any other platform on to which CDF is ported and used
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with any CDF tools or layered applications. A more detailed introduction
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to CDF can be found in the CDF User's Guide.
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A comparison between CDF, netCDF, HDF and HDF5 is available at
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http://cdf.gsfc.nasa.gov/html/FAQ.html.
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</longdescription>
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</pkgmetadata>
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