NULL, space = NULL,
  dims = NULL, chunk_dims = "auto", gzip_level = 4,
  link_create_pl = h5const$H5P_DEFAULT,
  dataset_create_pl = h5const$H5P_DEFAULT,
  dataset_access_pl = h5const$H5P_DEFAULT)</code></dt>
<dd>

<p>This function is the main interface to create a new dataset. Its parameters allow for customization of the default
behavior, i.e. in order to get a specific datatype, a certain chunk size or dataset dimensionality.
Also note that this function implements the HDF5-API function H5Dcreate2 and H