Re: [h5md-user] Species Data Type

[Nicolas Höft]

Peter Colberg <address@hidden> writes:
> I suggest to take a look at HDF5 enum types, which allow one to use
> a defined set of integer values, and associate a string with each
> integer. This fulfills the criteria of identification, and storage
> efficiency.
> 
> The HDF5 documentation has read and write examples [1] for enumerates 
types.
> 

That looks indeed very interesting! Would that make a difference for the 
readers if they expect numbers? The documentation says that it is based on 
integer types, but I'm not sure if this is fully transparent..

Nicolas