[Scilab-Dev] SEP 064: HDF5 Scilab specification

[Sylvestre Ledru]

Le lundi 23 mai 2011 à 17:47 +0200, Sylvestre Ledru a écrit :
> Hello,
> 
> Since Scilab 5.2.0, we introduced a HDF5 storage for Scilab variables.
> It is already widely used in the Xcos internal. 
> HDF5 is now a de-facto standard for the storage of numerical data [1].
> In Scilab 5.4.0, we are going to update the load/save functions to use
> this format (it is going to be the SEP 065). This for two main reasons:
> * for the future version 6.0 of Scilab (which won't manage current .bin
> files)
> * allows the management of Scilab data (import/export) files by other
> software.
> 
> The attached document shows the current specification and implementation
> of the Scilab / HDF5 schema.
For information, this SEP is incomplete. It will be updated once we will
completed the support of handlers (including uicontrol & uimenu).

Sylvestre