Full name
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Hierarchical Data Format (HDF-5)
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Version
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Edition 5
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Amendments
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None
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Corrigenda
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None
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Published by
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The HDF Group
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Languages
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English
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Online overview
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http://www.hdfgroup.org/HDF5/whatishdf5.html
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Type of standard
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Proprietary standard (published and freely available)Instance level.
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Application
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This document specifies the Hierarchical Data Format (HDF-5) data and programming model. HDF5 is used to store a variety of scientific data.
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Implementation benefits
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HDF5 is a Hierarchical Data Format specification and provides a supporting library implementation. HDF5 file is a self-describing format and a single file can store up to 20000 complex objects. Some disadvantages are that data models of HDF5 are not consistent; and data types can be restrictive.
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