What is the best way to represent my data using CDF?
There are many ways to represent the same information in any general-purpose data model, and there is no single “correct” way to store data in a CDF. The user has complete control over how the data values are stored in the CDF (within the confines of the variable array structure) depending on how the user views the data. This is the advantage of CDF. Data values are organized in whatever way makes sense to the user. We provide some guidelines in the CDF User’s Guide (e.g., “Organizing Your Data in a CDF”), but we’ve found that a little experience helps. Occasionally, we have decided it was useful to change the structure of the CDF files after experience with how the data are used.
