HDF5 version 1.12.1 released on 2021-06-25 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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. 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 FORUM and NEWS -------------- The following public forums are provided for public announcements and discussions of interest to the general HDF5 Community. Homepage of the Forum https://forum.hdfgroup.org News and Announcement https://forum.hdfgroup.org/c/news-and-announcements-from-the-hdf-group 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 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/ Source packages for current and previous releases are located at: https://portal.hdfgroup.org/display/support/Downloads Development code is available at our Github location: https://github.com/HDFGroup/hdf5.git