Preferred Name

HDF5

Synonyms

h5

Definitions

HDF5 is a data model, library, and file format for storing and managing data, based on Hierarchical Data Format (HDF). An HDF5 file appears to the user as a directed graph. The nodes of this graph are the higher-level HDF5 objects that are exposed by the HDF5 APIs: Groups, Datasets, Named datatypes. Currently supported by the Python MDTraj package. HDF5 is the new version, according to the HDF group, a completely different technology (https://support.hdfgroup.org/products/hdf4/ compared to HDF.

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An HDF5 file appears to the user as a directed graph. The nodes of this graph are the higher-level HDF5 objects that are exposed by the HDF5 APIs: Groups, Datasets, Named datatypes. Currently supported by the Python MDTraj package.

HDF5 is the new version, according to the HDF group, a completely different technology (https://support.hdfgroup.org/products/hdf4/ compared to HDF.

Created in

1.11

Documentation

https://www.hdfgroup.org/HDF5/doc/H5.format.html

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https://www.hdfgroup.org/HDF5/doc/H5.format.html

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HDF5 is a data model, library, and file format for storing and managing data, based on Hierarchical Data Format (HDF).

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h5

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http://edamontology.org/bio

http://edamontology.org/formats

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HDF5

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format_3590

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HDF5

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