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Welcome to the HDF5 Tutorial provided by the HDF User Support Group.
<P>
HDF5 is a file format and library for storing scientific data.
-HDF5 was designed and implemented to address the deficiencies of HDF4.x.
-It has a more powerful and flexible data model, supports files larger than 2 GB,
-supports parallel I/O, and is thread-safe. For a short overview presentation
-of the HDF5 data model, library and tools see:
+It was designed and implemented
+ to meet growing and ever-changing scientific data-storage
+ and data-handling needs,
+ to take advantage of the power and features of today's
+ computing systems, and
+ to address the deficiencies of HDF4.x.
+HDF5 has a powerful and flexible data model,
+ supports files larger than 2 GB (the limit of HDF4.x files), and
+ supports parallel I/O.
+Thread-safety is designed and is to be implemented in the near future.
+For a short overview of the HDF5 data model, library, and tools, see
+the slide presentation at the following URL:
<PRE>
- <A HREF="http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/HDF5/HDF5_overview/index.htm">http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/HDF5/HDF5_overview/index.htm</A>
+ <A HREF="http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/HDF5/papers/HDF5_overview/index.htm">http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/HDF5/papers/HDF5_overview/index.htm</A>
</PRE>
This tutorial covers the basic HDF5 data objects and file structure,
-the HDF5 programming model and the API functions necessary for creating and
-modifying data objects. It also introduces the available HDF5 tools to access
+the HDF5 programming model, and the API functions necessary for creating and
+modifying data objects. It also introduces the available HDF5 tools for accessing
HDF5 files.
<P>
-The examples used in this tutorial, along with a Makefile to compile them
+The examples used in this tutorial, along with a Makefile to compile them,
can be found in <A HREF="./examples/">./examples/</A>. You can also download
a <A HREF="http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/training/other-ex5/examples.tar">tar
-file</A> with the examples and Makefile. In
-order to use the Makefile you may have to edit it and update the
+file</A> with the examples and Makefile.
+To use the Makefile, you may have to edit it and update the
compiler and compiler options, as well as the path for the HDF5
binary distribution.
+The Java examples can be found in
+a subdirectory of the ./examples/ directory called java/. The java/
+directory contains a Makefile and shell scripts for running the java
+programs.
<P>
-Please check the <A HREF="references.html">References</A> for where to find
+Please check the <A HREF="references.html">References</A> for pointers to
other examples of HDF5 Programs.
<P>
We hope that the step-by-step examples and instructions will give you a quick
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-<BR> <H6>Last Modified: October 8, 1999</H6><BR>
+<br>
+Describes HDF5 Release 1.2.2, June 2000
+<BR> <H6>Last Modified: April 5, 2000</H6><BR>
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+<!-- modified by Frank Baker - fbaker@ncsa.uiuc.edu -->
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