Objective

•  Mircea Pitigoi : write basic objectives of h5m

The objective of the .h5m file is to provide one consistent solution for multiple types of data that are used in MARIN. The situation that prompted the request is there were too many file formats to store data from experiments, both commercial and internal research.

Another objective is to provide MARIN clients as little support and tools as possible for them to read and understand the data in the files that we send. The goal is to create a self explanatory file that can easily be explored and used by our clients.

The .h5m file is made to support analysis by offering a fast and flexible storage for data with good definitions and metadata. It is design having in mind the analysis and presentation steps, that being the reason for some of the choices.

Structure

An h5m file is organised around a two level structure:

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