HDF5 documents and links
Introduction to HDF5

HDF5: High-level APIs

The HDF5 High-level APIs (application programming interfaces) are a set of functions built on top of the main HDF5 Library.

HDF5 Lite (H5LT) is designed as a convenience API, performing more operations per call than the basic HDF5 interfaces.

Other high-level HDF5 APIs are sets of functions that provide standard object interfaces and definitions: images (H5IM), tables (H5TB), packet tables (H5PT), and dimension scales (H5DS).

HDF5 High-level Reference Manual
	H5LT: HDF5 Lite API H5IM: HDF5 Image API H5TB: HDF5 Table API H5PT: HDF5 Packet Table API (and C++) H5DS: HDF5 Dimension Scales API HDF5 Optimized Functions	These APIs and functions are available in the HDF5 High-level Library, which is distributed with and, in most circumstances, compiled and installed with the main HDF5 Library.
Supplemental Functions
	HDF5 High–level Functions for Region References, HDF5 Hyperslabs, and Bit-fields	Supplemental functions; must be installed separately.
Guides and Tutorial
	HDF5 Tutorial	The HDF5 Tutorial, with a section covering the high-level APIs
	HDF5 Packet Table API Introduction	An introduction to the HDF5 Packet Table APIs
	HDF5 Packet Table Use Cases	Packet table use cases
Specifications
	HDF5 Image and Palette Specification	The HDF5 Image specification
	HDF5 Table Specification	The specification for the HDF5 Table API
	HDF5 Dimension Scale Specification (PDF)	The specification for the HDF5 Dimension Scale API

HDF5 documents and links
Introduction to HDF5

HDF5 User’s Guide
HDF5 Reference Manual

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Describes HDF5 Release 1.8.18, November 2016.