Bug#606967: RFP: cdf -- NASA Common Data Format library and tools

[Teemu Ikonen <tpikonen@gmail.com>]

Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist

* Package name    : cdf
  Version         : 3.3.0
  Upstream Author : Space Physics Data Facility
<cdfsupport@listserv.gsfc.nasa.gov>
* URL             : http://cdf.gsfc.nasa.gov/
* License         : http://cdf.gsfc.nasa.gov/html/CDF_copyright.html
  (See also http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2010/12/msg00035.html)
  Programming Lang: C, Fortran
  Description     : NASA Common Data Format library and tools

The NASA Common Data Format (CDF) is a data file format providing
.
* Self-describing data format for the storage and manipulation of scalar and
  multidimensional data in a platform- and discipline-independent fashion
.
* Scientific data management package (known as the "CDF Library") which allows
  programmers and application developers to manage and manipulate scalar,
  vector, and multi-dimensional data arrays
.
* Transparent access to data and metatda through Application Programming
  Interfaces (APIs) - no low level I/O's required
.
* Built-in support for data compression (RLE, gZIP, Huffman) and automatic data
  uncompression
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* Large file support (> 2GBytes)
.
* CDF library includes a suite of tools that allow users to manipulate CDF
  files