NXdata "axis coordinates" instead of "coordinates" and also -> sometimes

nexusformat · Jun 16, 2023 · e905a32 · e905a32
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diff --git a/applications/NXcanSAS.nxdl.xml b/applications/NXcanSAS.nxdl.xml
@@ -1215,7 +1215,7 @@
       <attribute name="T_axes">
         <enumeration>
           <item value="T">
-            <doc>the wavelengths field (as coordinates) corresponding to this transmission</doc>
+            <doc>the wavelengths field (as axis coordinates) corresponding to this transmission</doc>
           </item>
         </enumeration>
       </attribute>

diff --git a/base_classes/NXdata.nxdl.xml b/base_classes/NXdata.nxdl.xml
@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@
 
 	<doc>
 		:ref:`NXdata` is used to implement one of the basic motivations of NeXus: to provide a default plot associated
-		to a NeXus group such as an :ref:`NXentry` group. :ref:`NXdata` describes plottable data (also referred to as
-		*signals* or *dependent variables*) and associated coordinates (also referred to as *axes* or *independent variables*).
+		to a NeXus group such as an :ref:`NXentry` group. :ref:`NXdata` describes plottable data (sometimes referred to as
+		*signals* or *dependent variables*) and associated axis coordinates (sometimes referred to as *axes* or *independent variables*).
 
 		The actual names of the :ref:`DATA &lt;/NXdata/DATA-field&gt;` and :ref:`AXISNAME &lt;/NXdata/AXISNAME-field&gt;` fields
 		can be chosen :ref:`freely &lt;validItemName>`, as indicated by the upper case (this is a common convention in all NeXus classes).

diff --git a/base_classes/NXlog.nxdl.xml b/base_classes/NXlog.nxdl.xml
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 
 
 		This method of storing logged data helps to distinguish instances in which a variable contains signal or
-		coordinate values of plottable data, in which case it is stored
+		axis coordinate values of plottable data, in which case it is stored
 		in an :ref:`NXdata` group, and instances in which it is logged during the
 		run, when it should be stored in an :ref:`NXlog` group.
 

diff --git a/base_classes/NXmonitor.nxdl.xml b/base_classes/NXmonitor.nxdl.xml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
         A monitor of incident beam data. 
 
         It is similar to the :ref:`NXdata` groups containing
-        monitor data and its associated coordinates, e.g. time_of_flight or
+        monitor data and its associated axis coordinates, e.g. time_of_flight or
         wavelength in pulsed neutron instruments. However, it may also include
         integrals, or scalar monitor counts, which are often used in both in both
         pulsed and steady-state instrumentation.