[MINC-development] Draft API for MINC 2.0

[Rick Hoge]

>> Is there a gentler introduction that outlines the concepts and
>> data types?  For instance, what is a "group"?  What is the "path"
>> argument that many functions take?  Is this api layered on top of
>> hdf5?  If so, is it necessary to understand it to read the new api
>> document?
>
> The plan is to have a top level document explaining the concepts, but
> it hasn't been written yet -- partly because some of the concepts are
> still fluid.  With respect to layering, the plan is as follows.
>
> HDF5 is the bottom level layer which the programmer never sees or
> requires the documentation.  The old libminc API is present with as 
> much
> of its functionality retained as is consistent with the new libminc
> API (i.e. almost all of it).  The new libminc API is what our new

Will it still make sense to call it Medical Image NetCDF (MINC) when 
it's based on HDF?

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Richard D. Hoge, Ph.D.
Instructor, HMS Department of Radiology
A. A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging
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