Hello all, Graham is correct in stating that all of the names that Andreas turned up refer to the same format. Actually there is GDSIII and GDSIV as well. Throughout the industry however everyone says "G D S two" when refering to these files. One name for the module that would make sense if you want a higher level name would be:
Stream::GDS2 since many vendors refer to the format as "GDS stream" or sometimes just "stream" files. I would prefer to use "GDS2" in the name over "GDSII" not only because most users of the format say "G D S two" rather than "G D S eye eye" but also because "GDSII" is a registered trademark of CALMA/GE. Thanks for your time, Ken Graham Barr wrote: > > On Thu, Oct 04, 2001 at 09:00:01AM +0200, Andreas J. Koenig wrote: > > >>>>> On Wed, 3 Oct 2001 15:34:24 -0500 (CDT), Kenneth Schumack ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > > > > Name : Ken Schumack > > > eMail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > preferred user-ID : SCHUMACK > > > > > I have written a module named GDS2 which provides low level methods to > > > read, write, and manipulate GDS2 stream format files which are used > > > extensively in the design and manufacture of integrated circuits. > > > > Searching on Google for GDS2 I find all of qw(GDS GDS2.1 GDSII > > GDS-II). Searching for "gds2 manufacture of integrated circuits" only > > yields 4 results. > > It has been a while since I was in that business, but I think you will > find that all of those refer to the file format in question. However > I think it is most commonly written GDSII > > > so I get the impression, the name GDS2 isn't very stable. Could you > > find a higher level name that has more stability and then give the > > module a name Something::GDS2? > > I was trying to think of some suggestions, but I could not think of any > > Graham.
