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HDF5 - The Next Generation of the HDF library & tools
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<h1><img src="hdf2.jpg" alt="HDF Logo" align=left> HDF5 - A New Generation of HDF <br><font size=-1>The Hierarchical Data Format</font></H1>
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<center><h3>HDF Links at NCSA</h3></center>
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<dt><a href="mailto:hdfhelp@ncsa.uiuc.edu">HDF Help Desk</a>
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<li>Email to HDF Technical Support
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<dt><A HREF="http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu">HDF Home Page</A>
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<li>HDF5 source code archives
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<dt><A HREF="http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/HDF5/papers/index.html">HDF5 Overview, etc.</A>
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<li>Overview of HDF5 library and development effort (slide show)
<li>Other HDF5-related papers and presentations
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<dt><a href="http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/HDF5/XML/" target="ExtWin">XML and HDF5</a>
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<li>XML tools and standard XML DTD for HDF5
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<dt><A HREF="http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/HDF5/doc_dev_snapshot/index.html">HDF5 Doc Development</A>
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<li>Snapshots of future releases
<li>Related document sets not part of standard release
<li>Errata, bugfixes, and updates for this release (if available)
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<h3>HDF5 User Documentation<br>Release 1.7<br>
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<dt><A HREF="H5.intro.html">An Introduction to HDF5</A>
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<li>An overview of design goals behind the HDF5 library and file format
<li>An introduction to HDF5 programming
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<dt><A HREF="http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/HDF5/doc/UG/">HDF5 User's Guide</A>
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<li>A new user's guide, though currently a work in progress
<li>This guide will be updated as work progresses;
current status will always be posted on the opening page
<li>The <A HREF="H5.user.html">HDF5 Release 1.4.5 User's Guide</A>
remains available, though it has not been updated
for the current release
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<dt><A HREF="RM_H5Front.html">HDF5 Reference Manual</A>
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<li>A complete reference manual for the HDF5 APIs
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<dt><A HREF="ADGuide.html">HDF5 Application Developer's Guide</A>
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<li><A HREF="ADGuide/Changes.html">Changes</A> since the last release
<li>Standards definitions and development guidelines
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<cite>HDF5 Reference Manual</cite>
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<dt><A HREF="Glossary.html">HDF5 Glossary</A>
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<li>A glossary of terms as they are used in HDF5
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<dt><A HREF="Tools.html">HDF5 Tools</a>
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<li>HDF5 tools, including Java-based tools
<li><code>HDFView</code>, <code>h5dump</code>,
<code>h5ls</code>, <code>h5toh4</code>, etc.
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<li>A tutorial introduction to HDF5
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<li><i>New PDF/PS versions of the doc set will be available with Release 1.4.</i>
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<li>Design notes and use cases
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<dt><A HREF="ph5design.html">Parallel HDF5 Design</A>
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<li>The design specification of the parallel HDF5 APIs
<li>An example program
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<dt><A HREF="ph5implement.txt">Parallel HDF5 Implementation</A>
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<li>The current status of implmentation of the parallel HDF5 APIs
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<center><h3>HDF5 Library Development Documentation</h3></center>
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<dt><A HREF="H5.format.html">HDF5 File Format Specification</A>
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<li>The complete specification of the HDF5 file format
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<dt><A HREF="TechNotes.html">HDF5 Technical Notes</A>
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<li>Technical notes for HDF5 library and driver developers
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