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Chapter 10
Annotations (AN API)
- 10.1 Chapter Overview
- 10.2 The Annotation Data Model
- 10.2.1 Labels and Descriptions
- 10.2.2 File Annotations
- 10.2.3 Object Annotations
- 10.2.4 Terminology
- 10.3 The AN interface
- 10.3.1 AN Library Routines
- 10.3.2 Type and Tag Definitions Used in the AN Interface
- 10.3.3 Programming Model for the AN Interface
- 10.3.4 Accessing Files and Annotations: ANstart, ANcreatef, and ANcreate
- 10.3.5 Terminating Access to Annotations and Files: ANendaccess and ANend
- 10.4 Writing an Annotation: ANwriteann
- 10.5 Reading Annotations Using the AN Interface
- 10.5.1 Selecting an Annotation: ANselect
- 10.5.2 Reading an Annotation: ANreadann
- 10.6 Obtaining Annotation Information Using the AN Interface
- 10.6.1 Obtaining the Number of Annotations: ANfileinfo
- 10.6.2 Getting the Length of an Annotation: ANannlen
- 10.6.3 Obtaining the Number of Specifically-typed Annotations of a Data Object: ANnumann
- 10.6.4 Obtaining the List of Specifically-typed Annotation Identifiers of a Data Object: ANannlist
- 10.6.5 Obtaining the Tag/Reference Number Pair of the Specified Annotation Index and Type: ANget_tagref
- 10.6.6 Obtaining the Tag/Reference Number Pair from a Specified Annotation Identifier: ANid2tagref
- 10.6.7 Obtaining the Annotation Identifier from a Specified Tag/Reference Number Pair: ANtagref2id
- 10.6.8 Obtaining an Annotation Tag from a Specified Annotation Type: ANatype2tag
- 10.6.9 Obtaining an Annotation Type from a Specified Object Tag: ANtag2atype
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