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		| Paper: | 
		A Self-Defining Hierarchical Data System | 
	 
	
		| Volume: | 
		52, Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems II | 
	 
	
		| Page: | 
		553 | 
	 
	
		| Authors: | 
		Bailey, Jeremy | 
	 
	
	
		| Abstract: | 
		The Self-Defining Data System (SDS) allows the creation of self-defining hierarchical data structures in a form which allows the data to be moved between different machine architectures. Because the structures are self-defining they can be used for communication between independent modules in a distributed system. The data structures are dynamic, allowing components to be added or deleted, or the size of arrays to be changed. | 
	 
	
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