Re: [h5md-user] fate of the parameters group

[Peter Colberg]

On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 02:47:13PM +0200, Felix Höfling wrote:
> In the current draft, the specification of the parameters group is
> essentially void. I see two options:
> 
> * we completely drop the specification of this group
> 
> * as minimal constraint, we enforce each creator program to store
> its data inside an accordingly named group. This minimises potential
> interferences if the file is modified by different creators. (The
> group names may still not be unique.)

I suggest we keep the “parameters” group, since it encourages users
to dump the complete set of simulation parameters in the H5MD file.

Naming the group after the specific program was already suggested by
me a while ago, and rejected, which was a good decision. The name
of the program is stored in the “h5md” group. Storing parameters
in “parameters” makes it straight-forward for users to locate
the parameters for any program, even if the group's organization
differs.

Peter