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Granule Data Format > HDF4

PREFERRED TERM

HDF4  

DEFINITION

  • HDF4 is a library and multi-object file format for storing and managing data between machines. HDF4 is a very different technology than HDF5. The HDF Group recommends that, other than for working with existing HDF4 data, new applications use HDF5 since HDF5 addresses important deficiencies of HDF4.

BROADER CONCEPT

ENTRY TERMS

  • HDF-4, HDF

CHANGE NOTE

  • 2020-03-13 14:02:22.0 [tstevens] Insert Concept add broader relation (HDF-4 [e5c126f8-0435-4cef-880f-72a1d2d792f2,559863] - Granule Data Format [8e770fe1-6e82-43aa-9f8a-75d217d7e6cb,558797]);
  • 2020-06-18 13:26:05.0 [tstevens] insert AltLabel (id: null category: primary text: Hierarchical Data Format Version 4 language code: en); insert AltLabel (id: null category: null text: HDF-4, HDF language code: en); update PrefLabel (HDF4); insert Definition (id: null text: HDF4 is a library and multi-object file format for storing and managing data between machines. HDF4 is a very different technology than HDF5. The HDF Group recommends that, other than for working with existing HDF4 data, new applications use HDF5 since HDF5 addresses important deficiencies of HDF4. language code: en);

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