# HDF5 - The Next Generation of the HDF library & tools

# HDF5 - A New Generation of HDF
The Hierarchical Data Format

### HDF Links at NCSA

HDF Help Desk
  Email to HDF Technical Support

HDF Home Page

HDF Newsletters
  News about HDF and HDF5

HDF5 FTP Archives
  HDF5 source code archives

### HDF5 Documentation

An Introduction to HDF5
  An introduction to HDF5 programming and an overview of the design goals behind the HDF5 library and file format
HDF5 User's Guide
  A collection of chapters on the main HDF5 APIs and other supporting information
HDF5 Reference Manual
  A complete reference manual for the HDF5 API
HDF5 Format Specification
  The complete specification of the HDF5 file format

Parallel HDF5 Design
  The design specification of the parallel HDF5 API and an example program
Parallel HDF5 Implementation
  The current status of implmentation of the parallel HDF5 API

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HDF Help Desk Last modified: 16 Sept 1998