express length(axes) == rank(data) in NXDL

nexusformat · Aug 15, 2024 · 37306ef · 37306ef
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diff --git a/base_classes/NXdata.nxdl.xml b/base_classes/NXdata.nxdl.xml
@@ -375,15 +375,18 @@
 	<attribute name="axes">
 		<doc>
 			.. index:: plotting
-			
+
 			The ``axes`` attribute is a list of strings which are the names of the :ref:`AXISNAME &lt;/NXdata/AXISNAME-field&gt;` fields
-			to be used as the default axis along all :ref:`DATA &lt;/NXdata/DATA-field&gt;` dimensions. As a result the length must
+			to be used as the default axis along every :ref:`DATA &lt;/NXdata/DATA-field&gt;` dimension. As a result the length must
 			be equal to the rank of the :ref:`DATA &lt;/NXdata/DATA-field&gt;` fields. The string "." can be used for
 			dimensions without a default axis.
 
 			.. note::  When ``axes`` contains multiple strings, it must be saved as an actual array
 				of strings and not a single comma separated string.
 		</doc>
+		<dimensions rank="1">
+			<dim index="1" value="dataRank"/>
+		</dimensions>
 	</attribute>
 
 	<!-- Data and coordinate fields -->