This document is the HDF5 User's Guide from HDF5 Release 1.4.5. A completely new HDF5 User's Guide is available for the current release.
The following documents formed the original, loosely organized, user's guide to the HDF5 library.
HDF5 Files | A guide to the H5F interface. | |
Datasets | A guide to the H5D interface. | |
Datatypes | A guide to the H5T interface. | |
Dataspaces | A guide to the H5S interface. | |
Groups | A guide to the H5G interface. | |
References and Identifiers | A guide to the H5R and H5I interfaces. | |
Attributes | A guide to the H5A interface. | |
Property Lists | A guide to the H5P interface. | |
Error Handling | A guide to the H5E interface. | |
Filters | A guide to the H5Z interface. | |
Caching | A guide for meta and raw data caching. | |
Dataset Chunking | A guide to the issues and pitfalls of dataset chunking. | |
Mounting Files | A guide to mounting files containing external HDF5 datasets. | |
Performance | A guide to performance issues and analysis tools. | |
Debugging | A guide to debugging HDF5 API calls. | |
Environment Variables
and
Configuration Parameters | A list of HDF5 environment variables
and configuration parameters. | |
DDL for HDF5 | A DDL in BNF for HDF5. |
THG Help Desk:
Describes HDF5 Release 1.4.5, February 2003 Last modified: 3 July 2003 (content) Last modified: 27 March 2007 (Help Desk contact only) | Copyright |