HDF-5
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Overview
| Full name | Hierarchical Data Format (HDF-5) |
| Version | Edition 5 |
| Amendments | None |
| Corrigenda | None |
| Published by | The HDF Group |
| Languages | English |
| Online overview | http://www.hdfgroup.org/HDF5/whatishdf5.html |
| Type of standard | Proprietary standard (published and freely available)
Instance level |
| Application | This document specifies the Hierarchical Data Format (HDF-5) data and programming model. HDF5 is used to store a variety of scientific data. |
| Implementation benefits | 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. |