The complete DDS: Dataset { Sequence { Int32 i; Int32 j; Sequence { Float32 f; Float32 g; } child; } parent; } testb; The data: Sequence { Int32 i; Sequence { Float32 f; } child; } parent = { { 32, { { -54.4 }, { -1.77 } } }, { 32768, { { -99.97 }, { -86 }, { -56.61 } } }, { 1048576, { { -90.17 } } } };