HDF5 version 1.13.2-1 currently under development

Please refer to the release_docs/INSTALL file for installation instructions.

THE HDF GROUP

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

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

Information regarding Help Desk and Support services is available at

https://portal.hdfgroup.org/display/support/The+HDF+Help+Desk

FORUM and NEWS

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

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 Github location:

https://github.com/HDFGroup/hdf5.git