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 HDF5 version 1.10.2 currently under development
+
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Please refer to the release_docs/INSTALL file for installation instructions.
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+THE HDF GROUP
+---------------
+
+The HDF Group is the developer of HDF5®, a high-performance software library and 
+data format that has been adopted across multiple industries and has become a 
+de facto standard in scientific and research communities.
+
+More information about The HDF Group, the HDF5 Community and the HDF5 software
+project, tools and services can be found at the Group's website.
+
+    https://www.hdfgroup.org/
+
+
+DOCUMENTATION
+-------------
 This release is fully functional for the API described in the documentation. 
-See the RELEASE.txt file in the release_docs/ directory for information 
-specific to this release of the library.  Several INSTALL* files can also be 
-found in the release_docs/ directory:  INSTALL contains instructions for 
-compiling and installing the library;  INSTALL_parallel contains instructions 
-for installing the parallel version of the library;  similarly-named files
-contain instructions for several environments on MS Windows systems. 
+    https://portal.hdfgroup.org/display/HDF5/The+HDF5+API
+
+Full Documentation and Programming Resources for this release can be found at
+    https://portal.hdfgroup.org/display/HDF5
+
+See the RELEASE.txt file in the release_docs/ directory for information specific 
+to the features and updates included in this release of the library. 
+
+Several more files are located within the release_docs/ directory with specific 
+details for several common platforms and configurations.
+
+    INSTALL - Start Here. General instructions for compiling and installing the library
+    INSTALL_CMAKE  - instructions for building with CMake (Kitware.com)
+    INSTALL_parallel - instructions for building and configuring Parallel HDF5 
+    INSTALL_Windows and INSTALL_Cygwin - MS Windows installations.
+
+
+
+HELP AND SUPPORT
+----------------
+Information regarding Help Desk and Support services is available at
+
+    https://portal.hdfgroup.org/display/support/The+HDF+Help+Desk
+
+
 
-Documentation for this release can be found at the following URL:
-    http://www.hdfgroup.org/HDF5/doc/.
+FORUM and NEWS
+--------------
+The following public forums are provided for public announcements and discussions 
+of interest to the general HDF5 Community.
 
-The following  mailing lists are currently set up for HDF5 Library users:
+    Homepage of the Forum
+        https://forum.hdfgroup.org
 
-    news        - For announcements of HDF5 related developments,
-                  not a discussion list.
+    News and Announcement
+        https://forum.hdfgroup.org/c/news-and-announcements-from-the-hdf-group
 
-    hdf-forum   - For general discussion of the HDF5 library with
-                  other users.
+    HDF5 and HDF4 Topics
+        https://forum.hdfgroup.org/c/hdf5
+ 
+These forums are provided as an open and public service for searching and reading. 
+Posting requires completing a simple registration and allows one to join in the 
+conversation.  Please read the following instructions pertaining to the Forum's 
+use and configuration
+    https://forum.hdfgroup.org/t/quickstart-guide-welcome-to-the-new-hdf-forum
 
-To subscribe to a list, send mail to "<list>-subscribe@lists.hdfgroup.org".
-where <list> is the name of the list.  For example, send a request 
-to subscribe to the 'news' mail list to the following address:
-    news-subscribe@lists.hdfgroup.org
 
-Messages sent to the list should be addressed to "<list>@lists.hdfgroup.org".
+SNAPSHOTS, PREVIOUS RELEASES AND SOURCE CODE
+--------------------------------------------
+Periodically development code snapshots are provided at the following URL:
+    https://gamma.hdfgroup.org/ftp/pub/outgoing/hdf5/snapshots/
 
-Periodic code snapshots are provided at the following URL:
-    ftp://ftp.hdfgroup.uiuc.edu/pub/outgoing/hdf5/snapshots
-Please read the README.txt file in that directory before working with a 
-library snapshot.
+Source packages for current and previous releases are located at:
+    https://portal.hdfgroup.org/display/support/Downloads
 
-The HDF5 website is located at http://hdfgroup.org/HDF5/
+Development code is available at our BitBucket Server:
+    https://bitbucket.hdfgroup.org/projects/HDFFV/repos/hdf5/browse
 
-Bugs should be reported to help@hdfgroup.org.