HDF5/XML Synergy

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1. I'm interested in the following HDF5/XML use cases:

Create a reduced (descriptive data only) XML representation of HDF5 files

Create a FULL (including data) XML representation of HDF5 files

Use an XML representation for HDF5 validation (e.g., HDF-EOS5 Validator)

Create HDF5 files from XML templates or blueprints

Link HDF5 to domain ontologies

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2. An accurate XML representation of the contents of HDF5 files is important in my application(s).

Yes

Not sure

My applications are: (optional)

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3. For an HDF5/XML representation I am primarily interested in descriptive data (e.g., HDF5 group/link structure, attributes, datatypes etc.), but typically not interested in text-representations of all dataset elements.

Yes

Not sure

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4. I'm currently using the HDF Group's XML schema hosted at http://www.hdfgroup.org/HDF5/XML/schema/HDF5-File.xsd .

Yes

If yes, please comment on your experience using the schema. (optional)

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5. I've created my own XML representation of HDF5 files.

Yes

Would you be able to share information about your representation?

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6. I have a working knowledge of the following:

XML Schema

XPath

XLink / XPointer

XSLT

XQuery

SPARQL

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7. I'm familiar with the HDF4 Mapping Project hosted at http://www.hdfgroup.org/projects/h4map/.

Yes

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8. An HDF5 Mapping Capability would boost HDF5's credibility as a long-term archival format.

I strongly agree

I somewhat agree

I neither agree nor disagree

I somewhat disagree

I strongly disagree

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9. One or more of the following are true in my application(s):

I'm using an RDBMS (e.g., DB2, Informix, MySQL, Oracle, SQL Server)

I'm using a DBMS with a native XML type

I'm using a native XML database

I'm using an RDF store

I'm using HDFS

Other (please specify)

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1. I'm interested in the following HDF5/XML use cases:

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2. An accurate XML representation of the contents of HDF5 files is important in my application(s).

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3. For an HDF5/XML representation I am primarily interested in descriptive data (e.g., HDF5 group/link structure, attributes, datatypes etc.), but typically not interested in text-representations of all dataset elements.

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4. I'm currently using the HDF Group's XML schema hosted at http://www.hdfgroup.org/HDF5/XML/schema/HDF5-File.xsd .

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5. I've created my own XML representation of HDF5 files.

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6. I have a working knowledge of the following:

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7. I'm familiar with the HDF4 Mapping Project hosted at http://www.hdfgroup.org/projects/h4map/.

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8. An HDF5 Mapping Capability would boost HDF5's credibility as a long-term archival format.

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9. One or more of the following are true in my application(s):

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10. Additional Comments