<s>
XMDF	B-Language
(	O
eXtensible	O
Model	O
Data	O
Format	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
library	O
providing	O
a	O
standard	O
format	O
for	O
the	O
geometric	O
data	O
storage	O
of	O
river	O
cross-sections	O
,	O
2D/3D	O
structured	O
and	O
unstructured	B-Algorithm
meshes	O
,	O
geometric	O
paths	O
through	O
space	O
,	O
and	O
associated	O
time	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
XMDF	B-Language
uses	O
HDF5	B-Application
for	O
cross-platform	O
data	O
storage	O
and	O
compression	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
API	B-General_Concept
includes	O
interfaces	O
for	O
C/C	O
++	O
and	O
Fortran	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
group	O
considered	O
both	O
the	O
NetCDF	B-Application
and	O
HDF5	B-Application
data	O
formats	O
,	O
and	O
chose	O
HDF5	B-Application
because	O
it	O
has	O
more	O
flexibility	O
for	O
data	O
storage	O
,	O
compression	O
and	O
data	O
mining	O
.	O
</s>
