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Also support references to external files Add new H5T_REF type and type conversion routines Support conversion from H5T_REF_OBJ/DSET_REG to H5T_REF Add H5Treclaim() API to reclaim memory of vlen/reference types Deprecate H5Dvlen_reclaim() Fix H5T_vlen_reclaim() and H5T_reclaim() to use private callback Add H5T_ref_reclaim() Move previous H5R APIs to H5Rdeprec.c Clean up H5Ocopy Separate H5O_copy_expand_ref() to H5Ocopy_ref() Add support for copying new reference types Clean up deprecated routines to go through VOL and same code path Fix return codes in existing trefer.c test Rename trefer.c to trefer_deprec.c trefer.c is for new references Add performance test for trefer Add additional obj_copy_ref test Make use of tokens and blobs to store references Skip blob encoding for object references Start adding new reference examples
HDF5 version 1.13.0 currently under development
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Please refer to the release_docs/INSTALL file for installation instructions.
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THE HDF GROUP
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The HDF Group is the developer of HDF5®, a high-performance software library and
data format that has been adopted across multiple industries and has become a
de facto standard in scientific and research communities.
More information about The HDF Group, the HDF5 Community and the HDF5 software
project, tools and services can be found at the Group's website.
https://www.hdfgroup.org/
DOCUMENTATION
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This release is fully functional for the API described in the documentation.
https://portal.hdfgroup.org/display/HDF5/The+HDF5+API
Full Documentation and Programming Resources for this release can be found at
https://portal.hdfgroup.org/display/HDF5
See the RELEASE.txt file in the release_docs/ directory for information specific
to the features and updates included in this release of the library.
Several more files are located within the release_docs/ directory with specific
details for several common platforms and configurations.
INSTALL - Start Here. General instructions for compiling and installing the library
INSTALL_CMAKE - instructions for building with CMake (Kitware.com)
INSTALL_parallel - instructions for building and configuring Parallel HDF5
INSTALL_Windows and INSTALL_Cygwin - MS Windows installations.
HELP AND SUPPORT
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Information regarding Help Desk and Support services is available at
https://portal.hdfgroup.org/display/support/The+HDF+Help+Desk
FORUM and NEWS
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The following public forums are provided for public announcements and discussions
of interest to the general HDF5 Community.
Homepage of the Forum
https://forum.hdfgroup.org
News and Announcement
https://forum.hdfgroup.org/c/news-and-announcements-from-the-hdf-group
HDF5 and HDF4 Topics
https://forum.hdfgroup.org/c/hdf5
These forums are provided as an open and public service for searching and reading.
Posting requires completing a simple registration and allows one to join in the
conversation. Please read the following instructions pertaining to the Forum's
use and configuration
https://forum.hdfgroup.org/t/quickstart-guide-welcome-to-the-new-hdf-forum
SNAPSHOTS, PREVIOUS RELEASES AND SOURCE CODE
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Periodically development code snapshots are provided at the following URL:
https://gamma.hdfgroup.org/ftp/pub/outgoing/hdf5/snapshots/
Source packages for current and previous releases are located at:
https://portal.hdfgroup.org/display/support/Downloads
Development code is available at our BitBucket Server:
https://bitbucket.hdfgroup.org/projects/HDFFV/repos/hdf5/browse