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<definition xmlns="http://definition.nexusformat.org/nxdl/3.1" category="base"
    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
    xsi:schemaLocation="http://definition.nexusformat.org/nxdl/3.1 ../nxdl.xsd"
    name="NXprocess" 
	type="group" extends="NXobject">
    <doc>Document an event of data processing, reconstruction, or analysis for this data.</doc>
    <field name="program" type="NX_CHAR">
        <doc>Name of the program used</doc>
    </field>
    <field name="sequence_index" type="NX_POSINT">
        <doc>
            Sequence index of processing, 
            for determining the order of multiple **NXprocess** steps.  
            Starts with 1.
        </doc>
    </field>
    <field name="version" type="NX_CHAR">
        <doc>Version of the program used</doc>
    </field>
    <field name="date" type="NX_DATE_TIME">
        <doc>Date and time of processing.</doc>
    </field>
    <group type="NXnote">
        <doc>
            The note will contain information about how the data was processed
            or anything about the data provenance. 
            The contents of the note can be anything that the processing code 
            can understand, or simple text.
            
            The name will be numbered to allow for ordering of steps.
        </doc>
    </group>
</definition>

