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FAN — An array-oriented query language

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Abstract

FAN (File Array Notation) is an array-oriented language for identifying data items in files for the purpose of extraction (e.g. for visualization) or modification. FAN specifications consist of

  • one or more filenames

  • one or more variable (array) identifiers

  • attribute identifiers (optional)

  • dimension identifiers (optional)

  • subscripts in various possible forms (optional).

These identifiers can be names or numbers. FAN is intended to be generic and could be applied to any file format, even relational databases. However netCDF is the only such format currently supported. The use of FAN can greatly simplify access to array-oriented data.

This work is supported by Unidata Program Center, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, P.O. Box 3000, Boulder, Colorado 80307-3000, USA.

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Davies, H. (1996). FAN — An array-oriented query language. In: Wierse, A., Grinstein, G.G., Lang, U. (eds) Database Issues for Data Visualization. DBVIS 1995. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1183. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-62221-7_13

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