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   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.  %

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 \end{dquote}

 

 On a more positive note, better software development practices may be ``low-hanging-fruit'' that

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 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}.

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 \section{Scientific Python}  % --------------------------------------------------------------------

 

 SciPy is a collection of \emph{``open-source software for mathematics, science, and egnineering.''}