[NeXus-committee] NXgroup: undocumented or inofficial?

[Pete Jemian]

As Stuart said, NXgroup was changed into NXcollection.
A need for a group with unvalidated content was expressed and ratified.

Alternatives for NXcollection, to include validation, include:

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base class           intent
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NXnote               to store additional information
NXlog                information that is time-stamped
NXparameters         parameters for processing or analysis
NXcharacterization   don't use this (see the WWW page for why)
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On 7/8/2014 1:15 PM, Campbell, Stuart I. wrote:
> Well the intent at the meeting was the same for both and it was just a name change as people felt collection was a better name than group
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>> NXGroup is what the NXcollection was called before
>> the NIAC changed the name upon ratification.
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> About NXcollection, the doc says: anything placed
> within will not be validated.
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>   From which I understand that NXcollection is meant
> for some low-level stuff that does not fit into any
> of NeXus' classes.
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> Whereas in the SNS sample file, NXgroup is used as
> a high-level node that allows for a more orderly
> tree structure.
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> Therefore I feel the problem is deeper than just a
> name change.
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> - Joachim
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