From 2514e7edee8cd66f6bc2e966082168b9663f7450 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Blaise Thompson Date: Wed, 9 May 2018 16:52:28 -0500 Subject: 2018-05-09 16:52 --- software/chapter.tex | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'software') diff --git a/software/chapter.tex b/software/chapter.tex index e1b42f5..372acdf 100644 --- a/software/chapter.tex +++ b/software/chapter.tex @@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ Quoting Soergel: More likely, it systematically alters every data point, or occurs in some downstream aggregate step with effectively global consequences. % In general, software errors produce outcomes that are inaccurate, not merely imprecise. % - + \end{dquote} On a more positive note, better software development practices may be ``low-hanging-fruit'' that @@ -448,6 +448,11 @@ It can support arbitrary datatypes and is optimized to quickly process large and datasets. % In Python, HDF5 is supported primarily through the h5py package. \cite{h5py} % +Many scientific disciplines have built custom file formats on top of the HDF5 standard. % +These include biological imaging \cite{DoughertyMatthewT2009a}, scanning transmission X-ray +microscopy \cite{WattsBenjamin2016a}, scalable nucleotide tallies \cite{PylPaulTheodor2014a}, and +even ultrasonic concrete data \cite{PrinceLuke2017a}. + \section{Scientific Python} % -------------------------------------------------------------------- SciPy is a collection of \emph{``open-source software for mathematics, science, and egnineering.''} -- cgit v1.2.3