Hdf5 1 12 doxygen merge (#615)

* OESS-98 fix tools test for plugins

* sync fork

* Merge of changes from dev

* Move problem option to bottom of the list until fixed

* HDFFV-11106 - fix parsing optional args

* HDFFV-11106 add note

* grammer fix

* Whitespace after clang formatting

* Undo format version 11 changes

* Update check to working version

* Merge workflow and minor changes from develop

* Update supported platforms

* PR#3 merge from develop

* Merge gcc 10 diagnostics option from develop

* Merge #318 OSX changes from develop

* Merge serval small changes from dev

* fix typo

* Minor non-space formatting changes

* GH #386 copyright corrections for java folder

* revert because logic requires false return

* Merges from develop

#358 patches from vtk
#361 fix header guard spelling

* Remove case statement for H5I_EVENTSET

* Correct call with versioning

* Remove tabs

* Double underscore change

* Merges from develop

#340 clang -Wformat-security warnings
#360 Fixed uninitialized warnings
Remove more underscores from header guards

* Merge #380 from develop

* Correct date entry

* Split format source and commit changes on repo push

* remove pre-split setting

* Change windows TS to use older VS.

* HDFFV-11212 JNI export util and Javadoc

* Suggested review changes

* Another change found

* Committing clang-format changes

* Some Javadoc warning fixes

* Committing clang-format changes

* Updated javadoc fixes

* HDFFV-11228/9 merges from develop

* remove obsolete debug comment

* Fix conflict

* HDFFV-11229 merge changes from develop

* HDFFV-11229 merge second compare from develop

* HDFFV-11229 fix reference file

* HDFFV-11229 update autotools test script for two ref files

* HDFFV-11229 merge dev changes for long double display in tools

* Committing clang-format changes

* Update with changes from develop

* Add "option" command for clang options

* Rework CMake add_custom to use the BYPRODUCTS argument

Update pkgconfig scripts for parallel builds.
Fix install COPYING file reference.
Remove unused round defines.
Change CMake default setting of BUILD_CPP to off.

* Whitespace changes

* Rework CMake add_custom to use the BYPRODUCTS argument

* Revert CMake configure checks for round defines

* With VS 2015 minimum strdup is supported

* Doxygen comments merged from develop

* doxygen build updates

* Correct version string for map functions

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1 files changed, 28 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/H5Fmodule.h b/src/H5Fmodule.h
index 33c302a..7f0299a 100644
--- a/src/H5Fmodule.h
+++ b/src/H5Fmodule.h
@@ -31,8 +31,34 @@
 
 /**
  * \defgroup H5F H5F
- * \brief File Interface
- * \todo Describe concisely what the functions in this module are about.
+ *
+ * Use the functions in this module to manage HDF5 files.
+ *
+ * In the code snippets below, we show the skeletal life cycle of an HDF5 file,
+ * when creating a new file (left) or when opening an existing file (right).
+ * File creation is essentially controlled through \ref FCPL, and file access to
+ * new and existing files is controlled through \ref FAPL. The file \c name and
+ * creation or access \c mode control the interaction with the underlying
+ * storage such as file systems.
+ *
+ * \Emph{Proper error handling is part of the life cycle.}
+ * <table>
+ * <tr><th>Create</th><th>Open</th></tr>
+ * <tr valign="top">
+ *   <td>
+ *   \snippet H5F_examples.c life_cycle
+ *   </td>
+ *   <td>
+ *   \snippet H5F_examples.c life_cycle_w_open
+ *   </td>
+ * </tr>
+ * </table>
+ *
+ * In addition to general file management functions, there are three categories
+ * of functions that deal with advanced file management tasks and use cases:
+ * 1. The control of the HDF5 \ref MDC
+ * 2. The use of (MPI-) \ref PH5F HDF5
+ * 3. The \ref SWMR pattern
  *
  * \defgroup MDC Metadata Cache
  * \ingroup H5F