[Pytables-users] Scientific.IO.NetCDF like API for pytables

[Jeff W. <Jef...@no...>]

Francesc et al:

I've written a module that emulates the Scientific.IO.NetCDF API, but 
saves the data in a pytables hdf5 file.  Enclosed is a tarball that 
contains:

1) NetCDF.py is the Scientific.I0.NetCDF emulator for pytables.
It should be installed in <sys.prefix>/lib/pythonX.Y/site-packages/tables.
To use, 'import tables.NetCDF'.

2) test.py is a simple test.script.

3) h5.py is a plugin for the python OPeNDAP module, available from 
http://opendap.oceanografia.org/. Just drop it in the dap/plugins 
directory before running setup.py. This allows files created with the 
tables.NetCDF API to be served over http with OPenDAP, as long as the 
file extension is h5, H5, hdf5 or HDF5. Note: h5.py is pretty much a 
direct copy of the netcdf plugin (netcdf.py) with only 2 lines changed.

4) nctoh5.py is a new version of the nctoh5 utility that uses the nctoh5 
method of a tables.NetCDF.NetCDFFile class instance.

Ulimately, I'd like this module to save the data in an hdf5 file that is 
compatible with netCDF 4 
(http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/netcdf-4/) so that netCDF 4
clients can read it.  In the meantime, I think some users who are used 
to the Scientific.IO.NetCDF interface might find it useful, especially 
those who are interested in sharing their data over http with OPeNDAP.

-Jeff

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