I handled it by simply putting it into a n by 1 byte array DataSet. Essentially treating it like a file and letting my app read and parse the bytes back. You could do the same in an Attribute--I chose a DataSet because I was storing a rather large file and also wanted to apply hdf compression filters (I was actually using .json, but it is exactly the same for xml).
Warm regards, Jim -----Original Message----- From: Hdf-forum [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Walter Landry Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2015 3:47 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Hdf-forum] Best way to store XML in HDF5 Hello, I have a table in XML that I want to store in HDF5. I have figured out how to store the table. The problem I am running into is how to store the metadata. Does anyone have experience doing this? My current solution is to use a single attribute with nested compound types, but that feels messy. I found this page https://www.hdfgroup.org/HDF5/XML/ but that is only HDF5->XML, not the other way around. I also found references to h5gen, but I am having problems finding the source. Thanks, Walter Landry p.s. "h5dump --xml" fails when reading one of my sample hdf5 files. _______________________________________________ Hdf-forum is for HDF software users discussion. [email protected] http://lists.hdfgroup.org/mailman/listinfo/hdf-forum_lists.hdfgroup.org Twitter: https://twitter.com/hdf5 _______________________________________________ Hdf-forum is for HDF software users discussion. [email protected] http://lists.hdfgroup.org/mailman/listinfo/hdf-forum_lists.hdfgroup.org Twitter: https://twitter.com/hdf5
