[Nexus] NeXus XML Meta-DTD format

[Jon Tischler]

I believe that in NeXus, only the structure is mandatory.  What you  
write in the file depends upon what you know.  Thus, temperature  
should not be mandatory.

Jon

Jon Tischler
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
TischlerJZ at ornl.gov


On Oct 24, 2005, at 7:33 AM, Jens Krüger wrote:

> Hmmm ... ,
>
> I agree with your interpretation, but my question goes more into
> this direction: Is the temperature entry mandatory or not, and if
> yes may it empty?
>
> This construct is used very often and I'm not sure how to  
> interprete this.
>
> Jens
>
> Am Montag, 24. Oktober 2005 14:12 schrieb Nick Maliszewskyj:
>
>> I believe the correct way to interpret this is:
>>
>> If the sample section exists, it may have a temperature
>> item. Or better yet, if there is a temperature item (at all)
>> it will be found in the sample section.
>>
>> Nick
>>
>> Jens Krüger wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Reading the "NeXus Technical Reference Manual" chapter 2.1.(9)
>>> I found a some informations about the occurrence of some entries.
>>> My question, how the following part is to interprete?
>>>
>>> <NXsample>?
>>>    <temperature>{Temperature of the sample}?</temperature>
>>> <NXsample>
>>>
>>> I understand as followed:
>>>
>>> The NXsample section may occur one time or not. If the NXsample
>>> section exist, the temperature section must exist, but it may be  
>>> empty.
>>>
>>> Or should it be interpreted as
>>>
>>> <NXsample>?
>>>    <temperature>?{Temperature of the sample}</temperature>
>>> <NXsample>
>>>
>>> in the NXsample section may exist a subsection temperature?
>>>
>>> Regards
>>>
>>> Jens
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
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