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[svn-r1044] Purpose:
    New feature

Solution:
    Changes to support conversion of 1-dimensional HDF5 datasets of
    H5T_STRING type into HDF4 Vdatas.  Also, support conversion of
    HDF5 attribute of string type into HDF4 attribute of INT8 type.
    Dimensional information is lost.

Platform tested:
    Solaris2.5