Arrays issue - Re: [dfdl-wg] Issues: additional data types

[Jim Myers]

>
>Array as blob:  markup says 'this is an array, laid out like so',
>data is a big blob. (Probably this is what Jim is talking about)

Yes


>Array as external blob:  same as above, except payload is a URL,
>e.g., to OpenDAP server where the data is. (Ideal for "virtual datasets")
>

I definitely want to see data virtualization services based on DFDL, but I 
don't think we need do anything specific in the language to provide 
externally available access methods for parts of the described data set.

   Jim