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General organization
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H5MD defines a HDF5 group structure. Inside a group, a number of required
fields exist and should possess a conforming name and shape.
H5MD defines an internal organization for an HDF5 file. A number of HDF5 groups
are defined at the root level of the file. Within the data groups, a number of
required fields exist and should possess a conforming name and shape.

Several groups may exist in a file, allowing the description of several
Several groups of particles may exist in a file, allowing the description of several
subsystems. Multiple time steps are found inside a single HDF5 dataset. One can then
obtain either a snapshot of the system at a given time or extract a single
trajectory via dataset slicing.
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