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    And in this document, the 
    <a href="H5.user.html"><strong>HDF5 User's Guide from Release 1.4.5:</strong></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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<!-- #EndLibraryItem --><center><h1>A User's Guide for HDF5<br>Release 1.4.5</h1></center>

    <p>This document is the <cite>HDF5 User's Guide</cite> from
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	</td><td></td><td valign=top>A guide to the <strong>H5S</strong> 
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	</td><td></td><td valign=top>A guide to the <strong>H5G</strong> 
          interface.
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          Identifiers</a>
	</td><td></td><td valign=top>A guide to the <strong>H5R</strong> 
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	</td><td></td><td valign=top>A guide to the <strong>H5P</strong> 
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	</td><td></td><td valign=top>A guide to the <strong>H5E</strong> 
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	</td><td></td><td valign=top>A guide for meta and raw data caching.
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      <tr><td valign=top><a href="Chunking.html">Dataset Chunking</a>
	</td><td></td><td valign=top>A guide to the issues and pitfalls 
          of dataset chunking.
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      <tr><td valign=top><a href="MountingFiles.html">Mounting Files</a>
	</td><td></td><td valign=top>A guide to mounting files containing 
          external HDF5 datasets.
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      <tr><td valign=top><a href="Performance.html">Performance</a>
	</td><td></td><td valign=top>A guide to performance issues and 
          analysis tools.
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      <tr><td valign=top><a href="Debugging.html">Debugging</a>
	</td><td></td><td valign=top>A guide to debugging HDF5 API calls.
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          and</a>
          <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="Environment.html">Configuration 
          Parameters</a>
	</td><td></td><td valign=top>A list of HDF5 environment variables
          and configuration <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;parameters.
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	</td><td></td><td valign=top>A DDL in BNF for HDF5.
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      <li><a href="Version.html">Version Numbers</a> -
	A description of HDF5 version numbers.
      <li><a href="IOPipe.html">I/O Pipeline</a> -
	A description of the raw data I/O pipeline.
      <li><a href="ExternalFiles.html">Working with External Files</a> -
	A guide to the use of multiple files with HDF5.
      <li><a href="Big.html">Large Datasets</a> -
	A guide to accessing large datasets on small computers.
      <li><a href="MemoryManagement.html">Memory Management</a> -
	A white	paper about memory management issues in HDF5.
      <li><a href="Coding.html">Coding Style</a> -
	A white paper about coding style in the HDF5 library code.
      <li><a href="compat.html">HDF4/HDF5 Compatibility</a> -
	A white paper about compatibility issues between HDF4 and HDF5.
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	A white paper describing the HDF5 chunking performance.
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