HDF5 Documentation

Links

Latest HDF5 1.6.x Docs
Tech Support
HDF5 Downloads
HDF Java Products
Parallel HDF5
Newsletters
Presentations & Papers HDF5 Overview Other papers
Printer-friendly and Searchable PDFs PDF versions of selected HDF5 documents
Pre-release Snapshots

HDF5 Tools Documentation

HDFview
Browser and editor
Excellent choice for a “first look”

HDF5 Utilities
Command-line tools, conversion utilites, and more

Introducing HDF5

HDF5 Tutorial
Tutorials treating selected HDF5 topics

Introduction to HDF5
High level overview of using HDF5

HDF5 Glossary

HDF5 Library Documentation
Release 1.8.7, planned for May 2011

HDF5 User’s Guide
Detailed guide covering critical HDF5 features

HDF5 Reference Manual
Detailed C and Fortran90 interface descriptions

High-level HDF5 Interfaces
Light, image, table, packet table, dimension scale

C++ Reference Manual

Advanced Topics in HDF5
Detailed information on selected advanced topics

FAQs
Answers to frequently asked questions about HDF5

HDF5 Software Changes from Release to Release
Specific interface changes for software maintainers

HDF5 Application Developer’s Guide
Development support and guidelines

HDF5 Specifications
Specifications of HDF5 formats and standard representations

HDF5 Technical Notes
Technical notes for HDF5 library and driver developers

HDF5 1.8.x Releases

Moving from 1.6.x to 1.8.x

New Features in HDF5 Release 1.8.0
New features in the Release 1.8.x series

New Features and
Format Compatibility Considerations
Format compatibility issues

API Compatibility Macros in HDF5
Interface compatibility issues

The HDF Group Help Desk:

Describes HDF5 Release 1.8.7, planned for May 2011.
Last modified: 17 February 2011