4. Implementation Design

Modules
	4.1. XMDF Functions/Subroutines
	4.2. Compression
	4.3. Version Number
	4.4. Creating and Opening Files
	4.5. Float variable types
	4.6. XMDF Groups
	4.7. Properties
	4.8. Meshes
	4.9. Grids
	4.10. Cross-section Data
	4.11. Geometric Paths
	4.12. Data Sets
	4.13. Coordinate Systems
	4.14. MetaData
	4.15. Parallel XMDF

Detailed Description

The following sections describe the implementation of the application programmers interface (API) for XMDF.