Re: Request for info

> Organization: NCAR/SCD
> Keywords: 199405111456.AA07457

Don,

> I realize you're a biased source ;-), but in a few words, how would
> you contrast HDF and netCDF?

HDF emphasizes a single common format for data, on which many interfaces can
be built.  NetCDF emphasizes a single common interface to data, implemented
on top of an architecture-independent representation.

There are also some significant performance differences between the two
implementations of the netCDF interface, with each significantly faster than
the other for some kinds of operations.

--Russ