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This section defines all elements that the root group (/) of a proper ASDF file should contain.

Attributes

The root group contains two attributes that serve to mark the format and the version of the format for a particular file.

file_format Attribute
Type Attribute
Name file_format
Description The file format name
Required True
Value "ASDF"
Details 
ATTRIBUTE "file_format" {
    DATATYPE  H5T_STRING {
        STRPAD H5T_STR_NULLPAD;
        CSET H5T_CSET_ASCII;
        CTYPE H5T_C_S1;
    }
    DATASPACE  SCALAR;
}
``file_format_ve rsion`` Attribute
Type Attribute
Name file_format_version
Description The file format version.
Required True
Value
Details 
ATTRIBUTE "file_format_version" {
    DATATYPE  H5T_STRING {
        STRPAD H5T_STR_NULLPAD;
        CSET H5T_CSET_ASCII;
        CTYPE H5T_C_S1;
    }
    DATASPACE  SCALAR;
}

Data Sets

It can optionally contain a data set representing a QuakeML file.

Data Set - /QuakeML

See events for further information

Groups

Waveform, auxiliary, and provenance data is stored into three sub groups.

Group - /Waveforms

See waveforms for further information.

Group - /AuxiliaryData

See auxiliary_data for further information.

Group - /Provenance

See provenance for further information.