This is the 10/15/97 prototype release of the HDF5 library.

This release is not fully functional for the entire API defined in the HTML
documentation, see the RELEASE file for information specific to this release of
the library.  The INSTALL file contains instructions on compiling and
installing the library.

Documentation for this release is in the html directory:
    H5.apiv2.html - API interface description for HDF5 interface
    H5.format.html - Format description for HDF5 files
    H5.intro.html - Introduction to programming with the HDF5 interface

Three mailing lists are currently set up for use with the HDF5 library:
    hdf5 - For general discussion of the HDF5 library with other users.
    hdf5dev - For discussion of the HDF5 library development with developers
        and other interested parties.
    hdf5announce - For announcements of HDF5 related developments, not a
        discussion list.
To subscribe to a list, send mail to "<list>-request@ncsa.uiuc.edu", (i.e.
hdf5-request@ncsa.uiuc.ed) with "subscribe <e-mail address> in the _body_ of
the message.  Messages to be sent to the list should be sent to
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