.. index::
     ! see: class definitions; application definition
     ! application definition

.. _application.definitions:

Application Definitions
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A description of each NeXus application definition is given.
NeXus application definitions define the *minimum*
set of terms that
*must* be used in an instance of that class.
Consider the application definitions as a *contract*
between a data provider (such as the beam line control system) and a 
data consumer (such as a data analysis program for a scientific technique)
that describes the information is certain to be available in a data file.

.. toctree::
    :maxdepth: 1
    :glob:
    
    NX*