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INTRODUCTION

One of the best things about standards is the large number you have to choose from. ``Standard'' ways of storing data proliferate in all areas of computing, and astronomy is no exception.

Given this, there is a natural desire to write software that can cope with more than one data format, but this can be a major undertaking. This document describes features provided by the NDF library (SUN/33) that help to make it a little easier.



 

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Starlink System Note 20
R.F.Warren-Smith & D.S.Berry
17th July 2000
E-mail:ussc@star.rl.ac.uk

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