1 HDF5 is a completely new Hierarchical Data Format product consisting of a
2 data format specification and a supporting library implementation. HDF5 is
3 designed to address some of the limitations of the older HDF product and to
4 address current and anticipated requirements of modern systems and
7 HDF5 includes the following improvements.
8 - A new file format designed to address some of the deficiencies of HDF4.x,
9 particularly the need to store larger files and more objects per file.
10 - A simpler, more comprehensive data model that includes only two basic
11 structures: a multidimensional array of record structures, and a grouping
13 - A simpler, better-engineered library and API, with improved support for
14 parallel I/O, threads, and other requirements imposed by modern systems
17 WWW: http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/HDF5/