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Merge pull request #271 from d-v-b/motivate_c
spec: add a motivation for the c prefix on chunk keys
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docs/v3/core/v3.0.rst

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For example, in a 3 dimensional array, with a separator of ``/`` the identifier
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for the chunk at grid index (1, 23, 45) is the string ``"c/1/23/45"``. With a
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separator of ``.``, the identifier is the string ``"c.1.23.45"``.
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separator of ``.``, the identifier is the string ``"c.1.23.45"``. The initial prefix
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``c`` ensures that metadata documents and chunks have separate prefixes.
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.. note:: A main difference with spec v2 is that the default chunk separator
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changed from ``.`` to ``/``, as in N5. This decreases the maximum number of

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