[NeXus-committee] NeXus data file inspection tool. NeXus at ILL. We need to be more flexible.

[Pete Jemian]

On 9/2/2014 8:56 AM, Joachim Wuttke wrote:
>> Time to change the way we write these words?
>
> High time.
> The manuscript should not be submitted before this is clarified.
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> - Joachim
>
>

In contradiction to the restrictive text noted previously today, there 
is a note that appears on the same documentation page, just above this URL:
http://download.nexusformat.org/doc/html/datarules.html?highlight=require#nexus-array-storage-order

"The NeXus base classes provide a comprehensive dictionary of terms that 
can be used for each class. The expected spelling and definition of each 
term is specified in the base classes. It is not required to provide all 
the terms specified in a base class. Terms with other names are 
permitted but might not be recognized by standard software. Rather than 
persist in using names not specified in the standard, please suggest 
additions to the NIAC: The NeXus International Advisory Committee."

This is the point that must overwhelm the misunderstanding produced by 
the restrictive text that Joachim has identified.  We must correct the 
manual and the manuscript accordingly.

Pete