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DOC: Add new backend page does not mention DataTree

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The adding a new backend docs page: https://docs.xarray.dev/en/stable/internals/how-to-add-new-backend.html

does not mention DataTree despire Backends being required to implement:

https://docs.xarray.dev/en/stable/generated/xarray.backends.BackendEntrypoint.html#xarray.backends.BackendEntrypoint

open_datatree method: it shall implement reading from file, variables decoding and it returns an instance of DataTree. It shall take in input at least filename_or_obj argument. The implementation of this method is not mandatory. For more details see .

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Start with the “How to add a new backend” page at docs.xarray.dev and compare it with the BackendEntrypoint.open_datatree documentation. Add a note explaining DataTree support and link to the open_datatree documentation; the page should clearly cover this backend capability when complete.

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python
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documentation
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Documentation
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