HDF5 Release 1.8.0 Beta Release Features and Documentation

             


What’s New in HDF5 1.8.0?

An overview of new features and changes in HDF5 Release 1.8.0.
This document will also track progress through the beta-release process.
 

Compatibility and porting considerations with regard to Release 1.8.0 (versus Release 1.6.x)

“HDF5 Software Changes in Release 1.8.0-beta (current release) versus Release 1.6.x”
Dailed summary of changes that will affect applications: function by function, constant by constant, etc.
We recommend that you review “What’s New in HDF5 1.8.0?” (above) before delving into this “HDF5 Software Changes...” document.

New Features in HDF5 Release 1.8.0 and Backward/Forward Format Compatibility Issues
New features in the realease with respect to their impact on format comaptibility

API Compatibility in HDF5 Release 1.8.0
Specifics of API and applicatioin compatibility with respect to new features

Pre-release version of the HDF5 document set

Latest Beta-release version of the HDF5 Release 1.8.0 document set.
This set will be updated frequently.

(For the very latest documentation, see the 1.8 snapshot. This version may describe functionality not yet available in the Beta and is particularly apropos for developers working with code directly from the HDF5 Subversion repository.)

Obtaining the HDF5 1.8.0 Beta Software and other information

Links to software downloads, supported configurations, and other useful information

 

Last modified: 26 December 2007