HDF5: API Specification
Reference Manual

The HDF5 libraries provide several interfaces, each of which provides the tools required to meet specific aspects of the HDF5 data-handling requirements.

File Interface -- The H5F API for accessing HDF files.
Property List Interface -- The H5P API for manipulating object templates.
Dataset Interface -- The H5D API for manipulating scientific datasets.
Datatype Interface -- The H5T API for defining dataset element information.
Dataspace Interface -- The H5S API for defining dataset dataspace.
Group Interface -- The H5G API for creating physical groups of objects on disk.
Error Interface -- The H5E API for error handling.
Compression Interface -- The H5Z API for compression.
Annotation Interface -- The H5A API for annotations.
Glossary -- A glossary of data-types used in the APIs.

Frank Baker
HDF5 Documentation
Last modified: 29 June 1998

HDF5: API SpecificationReference Manual

HDF5: API Specification
Reference Manual