[Nexus-developers] RE: nexus spec: "..." ????

[Akeroyd, FA (Freddie)]

Hartmut,

A "..." is used in NXdata to indicate that something can vary/is not
specified explicitly, however I can find no mention of its use in the
MetaDTD specification so that is something that needs updating/clarifying.
As NXdata can have variable content and the dimensionality/shape of the
"data" member vary depending on what axes are linked in, this notation is
needed - for the example you give [:...] covers the cases [:] [:,:] [:,:,:]
etc.

Regards, 

Freddie
     
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hartmut Gilde [mailto:Hartmut.Gilde at frm2.tum.de]
> Sent: 27 April 2004 10:29
> To: Akeroyd, FA (Freddie)
> Subject: nexus spec: "..." ????
> 
> hi,
> 
> i got a rather simple question concerning the specification of the nexus
> classes.
> 
> what does the "..." mean ?
> for example found in <elemname type="NX_INT32[:...]">
> 
> i need to know the exact meaning of this one.
> 
> thanx,
> 
> hartmut gilde