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The HDF5 library provides several interfaces, each of which provides the
tools required to meet specific aspects of the HDF5 data-handling requirements.
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Library Functions | The general-purpose H5 functions. | |
Attribute Interface | The H5A API for attributes. | |
Dataset Interface | The H5D API for manipulating scientific datasets. | |
Error Interface | The H5E API for error handling. | |
File Interface | The H5F API for accessing HDF files. | |
Group Interface | The H5G API for creating physical groups of objects on disk. | |
Identifier Interface | The H5I API for working with object identifiers. | |
Property List Interface | The H5P API for manipulating object property lists. | |
Reference Interface | The H5R API for references. | |
Dataspace Interface | The H5S API for defining dataset dataspace. | |
Datatype Interface | The H5T API for defining dataset element information. | |
Compression Interface | The H5Z API for compression. | |
Tools | Interactive tools for the examination of existing HDF5 files. | |
Experimental interface: Ragged Arrays | The H5RA API for ragged arrays. |
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Last modified: 2 June 2000 |
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Describes HDF5 Release 1.2.2, June 2000 |