netcdf test {
types:
  compound person_record_t {
    string name ;
    int age ;
  }; // person_record_t
  person_record_t(*) person_t ;
  compound types_record_t {
    ubyte b ;
    int i32 ;
    uint ui32 ;
    short i16 ;
    ushort ui16 ;
    float f32 ;
    double f64 ;
    string s ;
    string u ;
  }; // types_record_t
  types_record_t(*) types_t ;
variables:
	person_t person ;
	types_t types ;

// global attributes:
		:Facility.PrincipleInvestigator = "Mark Abbott\n",
			"Ph.D" ;
		:Facility.DataCenter = "COAS Environmental Computer Facility" ;
		:Facility.DrifterType = "MetOcean WOCE/OCM" ;
data:

 person = 
    {{"This is a data test string (pass 0).", 1}, {"This is a data test string (pass 1).", 2}, {"This is a data test string (pass 2).", 3}, {"This is a data test string (pass 3).", 5}, {"This is a data test string (pass 4).", 8}} ;

 types = 
    {{0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1000, "This is a data test string (pass 0).", "http://www.dods.org"}, {1, 2, 2, 16, 65520, 0.9999833, 999.950000416665, "This is a data test string (pass 1).", "http://www.dods.org"}, {2, 3, 6, 32, 65504, 1.999867, 999.800006666578, "This is a data test string (pass 2).", "http://www.dods.org"}, {3, 5, 12, 48, 65488, 2.99955, 999.550033748988, "This is a data test string (pass 3).", "http://www.dods.org"}, {4, 8, 20, 64, 65472, 3.998933, 999.200106660978, "This is a data test string (pass 4).", "http://www.dods.org"}} ;
}
