Agreed, it seems an excellent release. However, I would also<br>ask if the name itself for the library is "set in stone"? Unfortunately,<br>there is another scientific data format called the "Nexus" file format
<br>and it is used in bioinformatics. You can read about it here:<br><br><a href="http://awcmee.massey.ac.nz/spectronet/nexus.html">http://awcmee.massey.ac.nz/spectronet/nexus.html</a><br><br>The confusing part is that the other Nexus file format has an
<br>extendable block format. It can very well be misunderstood to contain<br>an X-Ray or other radiation type data block. It already contains many<br>other data block types and so this will probably continue to be a source
<br>of confusion for all newcomers to either file format potentially, since<br>most people type nexus into the search box anyway both results come<br>up intermingled and thus suggesing that the two libraries are the same<br>
format when in fact they are totally unrelated.<br><br>The bioinformatics Nexus format has been around about 10 years now I think. I just <br>checked the NeXus mailing lists and noticed that that use of the term has also
<br>been around for about 10 years, so I'm not sure which use came first So probably eventually<br>one of the two file formats will need to change names I think; otherwise<br>there will be no end of confusion due to the similarity between
<br>Nexus<br>and <br>NeXus<br>and the confusing similarity of scientific file format domains.<br><br>I look forward to any ideas for resolution of this problem. Best regards,<br><br>Rudi<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">
On 5/26/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Ray Osborn</b> <<a href="mailto:ROsborn@anl.gov">ROsborn@anl.gov</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
On 2007/05/25 8:27, "Nick Maliszewskyj" <<a href="mailto:nickm@nist.gov">nickm@nist.gov</a>> wrote:<br><br>> The NeXus technical committee is pleased to announce the official<br>> release of version
4.0 of the NeXus API. The NeXus API provides a<br>> unified interface for writing hierarchical data files in HDF4, HDF5,<br>> and XML formats. Version 4.0 resolves a number of bugs reported in the<br>> 3.0 release by providing updated makefiles, support for the gfortran
<br>> compiler, and an improved test suite.<br><br>Congratulations for all the work done in getting this release out - I think<br>it's been a very well conducted process. Could I put in a plea though that<br>someone updates the documentation on the API wiki page to include the new
<br>routines?<br><br>Obviously not until after the Memorial Day (or Whitsun or Pfingsten...)<br>holiday.<br><br>Have a great weekend,<br>Ray<br>--<br>Dr Ray Osborn Tel: +1 (630) 252-9011<br>Materials Science Division Fax: +1 (630) 252-7777
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