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A High Level Interface to the HDF5 File Format
Daniel B. Michelson and Anders Henja
August 8, 2000
Abstract:
HL-HDF is a high level interface to the Heirarchical
Data Format, version 5, developed and maintained by the HDF group at the
National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA), at the University
of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. HDF5 is a file format designed for maximum
flexibility and efficiency and it makes use of modern software technology.
HDF5 sports such fundamental characteristics as platform independence and
efficient built-in compression, and it can be used to store virtually any
kind of scientific data. HL-HDF is designed to focus on selected HDF5 functionality
and make it available to users at a high level of abstraction to make data
management easier. This documentation contains an introduction to HL-HDF,
compilation and installation instructions, and it describes how HL-HDF
interacts with HDF5. A library reference provides information on how to
use the software and assistance on creating user-defined data representations
is also presented. A few example programs are provided as well. Finally,
an interface between HL-HDF and the Python programming language is presented
and documented.
2000-08-08