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Question 1: NIMA involvement and SDTS?

Question 2: HDF-EOS support for other data types

Question 3: Need for regions, curves, histograms, or 3-D models?

Question 4: Who defined standard types, profiles, that augment EOS-HDF

Question 5: Which are the most important architectures to support?

Question 6: Add HDF support to existing products?

Question 7: Will current elemental HDF data objects still exist in HDF 5?

Question 8: Java interfaces to the HDF file format?

Question 9: Extending the current HDF-EOS library to include API functions to access the granule-level metadata?

Question 10: Extend the geolocation data to include spacecraft geometry along with the lat/long fields?

Question 11: Within the swath HDF-EOS profile, is it possible for a granule to span files?

Question 12: Rights to use and distribute the current and future versions of the HDF-EOS libraries developed by NASA for EOS.

Question 13: Clarify the usage restrictions and licensing info regarding the use of HDF-EOS libraries to build commercial products?

Question 14: Address the need of commercial software vendors to support the PC and Mac platforms in HDF-EOS libraries?

Question 15: When will the metadata be documented and when will more HDF-EOS data files will be available?

Question 16: Any plan to join with any others internationally to increase data available?

Question 17: Is there a need for full fledged applications and what do you envision these being?

Question 18: Using HDF-EOS as an archive format?

Question 19: When will HDF support shared libraries?

Question 20: Will HDF be made threadsafe?

Question 21: Will there be an HDF standard; for example, ANSI or ISO?

Question 22: Will there be an HDF-EOS standard?

Question 23: Adequate set of analytical and display tools will be available in the timeframe necessary to meet users' demands?

Audience Question 1 : Transition from HDF 4 to HDF 5.

Audience Question 2: 15-year lifetime for EOS data?

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