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+# An Overview of the HDF5 Library Architecture
+
+## Purpose, Objectives, and Values
+
+## Data and Metadata
+
+### Mapping User Data to HDF5 Files
+
+#### The HDF5 File Format
+
+### Mapping User Data to Storage
+
+### Data Retained in the Library
+
+## Functional Decomposition
+
+### Components
+
+#### Selection
+#### Datatype Conversion
+#### Filter Pipeline
+#### Caching & Buffering
+#### File-space Management
+#### Opening a File
+#### Creating an Object
+#### Dataset I/O
+
+### Use Cases
+
+#### Parallel HDF5
+#### SWMR
+#### VDS
+#### Paged Allocation
+#### …
+
+### Feature (In-)Compatibility Matrix
+
+## Modular Library Organization
+
+### Library Internals
+
+#### Boilerplate and Misc.
+#### Memory Allocation and Free Lists
+#### API Contexts
+#### Metadata Cache
+#### Files and the Open File List
+#### Platform Independence
+
+### Modules
+
+#### IDs
+#### Property Lists
+#### Error Handling
+#### File Objects
+#### Datasets
+#### Groups and Links
+#### Datatypes
+#### Dataspaces
+#### Attributes
+
+### Extension Interfaces
+
+#### Filters
+#### Virtual File Layer and Virtual File Drivers
+#### Virtual Object Layer
+
+### Language Bindings
+
+#### General Considerations
+#### Fortran
+#### Java
+
+## Performance Considerations
+
+## Library Development and Maintenance
+
+### Build Process
+
+### Testing
+
+#### Macro Schemes
+#### `testhdf5`
+#### Other Test Programs
+#### (Power)Shell Scripts
+#### CMake vs Autotools
+#### VOL and VFD Inclusion/Exclusion
+
+### Versioning and Releases
+
+## References