1 Definition of SDDS Protocol
 1.1 Structure of the SDDS Header
  1.1.1 Data Set Description
  1.1.2 Tabular-Data Column Definition
  1.1.3 Parameter Definition
  1.1.4 Array Data Definition
  1.1.5 Header File Include Specification
  1.1.6 Data Mode and Arrangement Defintion
  1.1.7 Version Differences
 1.2 Structure of SDDS ASCII Data Pages
 1.3 Structure of SDDS Binary Data Pages
2 Overview of C Library Routines
 2.1 Thread Safety
 2.2 Input Routines
  2.2.1 Setup
  2.2.2 Determining File Contents
  2.2.3 Column Selection
  2.2.4 Row Selection
  2.2.5 Access to Tabular Data
  2.2.6 Access to Array Data
  2.2.7 Access to Parameter Data
 2.3 Output Routines
  2.3.1 Setup
  2.3.2 Defining Data Set Elements
  2.3.3 Defining Data Table Elements
  2.3.4 Output
 2.4 Error Handling and Utilities
3 The SDDS++ C++ Library
 3.1 Building and Linking
 3.2 Object Model and Data Types
 3.3 Input Routines
  3.3.1 Setup and Sequential Reading
  3.3.2 Field and Row Selection
  3.3.3 Page Access and Indexing
 3.4 Output Routines
  3.4.1 Defining a Layout
  3.4.2 Writing Pages
 3.5 Generalized I/O and Compression
 3.6 Append, Update, and Live Files
 3.7 Layout and Data Transformations
 3.8 Error Handling and Resource Limits
 3.9 Thread Safety
 3.10 Compatibility Interface and Examples
4 C++ Library Manual Pages
 4.1 sdds::typeOf and sdds::typeName
 4.2 sdds::convertScalar and sdds::convertValues
 4.3 sdds::Layout
 4.4 sdds::LayoutBuilder
 4.5 sdds::LayoutEditor
 4.6 sdds::FieldSelection, sdds::RowSlice, and sdds::ReadRequest
 4.7 sdds::Page construction and field access
 4.8 sdds::Page typed access
 4.9 sdds::RowView and sdds::RowMask
 4.10 sdds::Page row and field transformations
 4.11 sdds::ReaderOptions and sdds::ReaderLimits
 4.12 sdds::Reader creation
 4.13 sdds::Reader page reading
 4.14 sdds::Reader page indexing
 4.15 sdds::Reader live-file and lifecycle operations
 4.16 sdds::InputSource, sdds::OutputSink, and adapters
 4.17 sdds::WriterOptions
 4.18 sdds::Writer creation and append modes
 4.19 sdds::Writer page output
 4.20 sdds::Writer update and lifecycle operations
 4.21 sdds::convertUnits
 4.22 sdds::copyDataset
 4.23 sdds::Error and derived exceptions
5 Two Templates for C SDDS Application Organization
 5.1 Accessing Data Stored in an SDDS File
 5.2 SDDS Output of Internally-Generated Data
6 C Library Manual Pages
 6.1 SDDS_ArrayCount
 6.2 SDDS_Bomb
 6.3 SDDS_CastValue
 6.4 SDDS_CheckArray
 6.5 SDDS_CheckColumn
 6.6 SDDS_CheckParameter
 6.7 SDDS_ClearErrors
 6.8 SDDS_ColumnCount
 6.9 SDDS_ConvertToDouble
 6.10 SDDS_ConvertToLong
 6.11 SDDS_ConvertToLongDouble
 6.12 SDDS_CopyArrays
 6.13 SDDS_CopyColumns
 6.14 SDDS_CopyLayout
 6.15 SDDS_CopyPage
 6.16 SDDS_CopyParameters
 6.17 SDDS_CopyRowDirect
 6.18 SDDS_CopyRowsOfInterest
 6.19 SDDS_CopyString
 6.20 SDDS_CopyTable
 6.21 SDDS_CountRowsOfInterest
 6.22 SDDS_DefineArray
 6.23 SDDS_DefineColumn
 6.24 SDDS_DefineParameter
 6.25 SDDS_DefineParameter1
 6.26 SDDS_DefineSimpleColumn
 6.27 SDDS_DefineSimpleColumns
 6.28 SDDS_DefineSimpleParameter
 6.29 SDDS_DefineSimpleParameters
 6.30 SDDS_DeleteColumn
 6.31 SDDS_DeleteParameter
 6.32 SDDS_DeleteUnsetColumns
 6.33 SDDS_DeleteUnsetRows
 6.34 SDDS_DisconnectFile
 6.35 SDDS_FilterRowsOfInterest
 6.36 SDDS_FindArray
 6.37 SDDS_FindColumn
 6.38 SDDS_FindParameter
 6.39 SDDS_GetArray
 6.40 SDDS_GetArrayDefinition
 6.41 SDDS_GetArrayInDoubles
 6.42 SDDS_GetArrayInLong
 6.43 SDDS_GetArrayIndex
 6.44 SDDS_GetArrayInformation
 6.45 SDDS_GetArrayNames
 6.46 SDDS_GetArrayType
 6.47 SDDS_GetColumn
 6.48 SDDS_GetColumnDefinition
 6.49 SDDS_GetColumnInDoubles
 6.50 SDDS_GetColumnInFloats
 6.51 SDDS_GetColumnInLong
 6.52 SDDS_GetColumnInShort
 6.53 SDDS_GetColumnIndex
 6.54 SDDS_GetColumnInformation
 6.55 SDDS_GetColumnNames
 6.56 SDDS_GetColumnType
 6.57 SDDS_GetMatrixFromColumn
 6.58 SDDS_GetMatrixOfRows
 6.59 SDDS_GetParameter
 6.60 SDDS_GetParameterAsDouble
 6.61 SDDS_GetParameterAsLong
 6.62 SDDS_GetParameterAsLongDouble
 6.63 SDDS_GetParameterAsString
 6.64 SDDS_GetParameterByIndex
 6.65 SDDS_GetParameterDefinition
 6.66 SDDS_GetParameterIndex
 6.67 SDDS_GetParameterInformation
 6.68 SDDS_GetParameterNames
 6.69 SDDS_GetParameterType
 6.70 SDDS_GetRow
 6.71 SDDS_GetTypeSize
 6.72 SDDS_GetValue
 6.73 SDDS_InitializeAppend
 6.74 SDDS_InitializeAppendToPage
 6.75 SDDS_InitializeCopy
 6.76 SDDS_InitializeHeaderlessInput
 6.77 SDDS_InitializeInput
 6.78 SDDS_InitializeOutput
 6.79 SDDS_LengthenTable
 6.80 SDDS_Logic
 6.81 SDDS_NumberOfErrors
 6.82 SDDS_ParameterCount
 6.83 SDDS_PrintErrors
 6.84 SDDS_PrintTypedValue
 6.85 SDDS_ReadPage
 6.86 SDDS_ReadTable
 6.87 SDDS_Realloc
 6.88 SDDS_ReconnectFile
 6.89 SDDS_RegisterProgramName
 6.90 SDDS_RowCount
 6.91 SDDS_SaveLayout
 6.92 SDDS_SetArray
 6.93 SDDS_SetColumn
 6.94 SDDS_SetColumnFlags
 6.95 SDDS_SetColumnFromDoubles
 6.96 SDDS_SetColumnFromLongs
 6.97 SDDS_SetColumnsOfInterest
 6.98 SDDS_SetError
 6.99 SDDS_SetParameter
 6.100 SDDS_SetParameters
 6.101 SDDS_SetParametersFromDoubles
 6.102 SDDS_SetRowFlags
 6.103 SDDS_SetRowValues
 6.104 SDDS_SetRowsOfInterest
 6.105 SDDS_StartPage
 6.106 SDDS_StartTable
 6.107 SDDS_StringIsBlank
 6.108 SDDS_Terminate
 6.109 SDDS_TransferColumnDefinition
 6.110 SDDS_VerifyArrayExists
 6.111 SDDS_VerifyColumnExists
 6.112 SDDS_VerifyParameterExists
 6.113 SDDS_WriteLayout
 6.114 SDDS_WritePage
 6.115 SDDS_WriteTable