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An Overview of the HDF5 Library Architecture

Purpose, Objectives, and Values

Data and Metadata

Mapping User Data to HDF5 Files

The HDF5 File Format

Mapping User Data to Storage

Data Retained in the Library

Functional Decomposition

Components

Selection

Datatype Conversion

Filter Pipeline

Caching & Buffering

File-space Management

Opening a File

Creating an Object

Dataset I/O

Use Cases

Parallel HDF5

SWMR

VDS

Paged Allocation

…

Feature (In-)Compatibility Matrix

Modular Library Organization

Library Internals

Boilerplate and Misc.

Memory Allocation and Free Lists

API Contexts

Metadata Cache

Files and the Open File List

Platform Independence

Modules

IDs

Property Lists

Error Handling

File Objects

Datasets

Groups and Links

Datatypes

Dataspaces

Attributes

Extension Interfaces

Filters

Virtual File Layer and Virtual File Drivers

Virtual Object Layer

Language Bindings

General Considerations

Fortran

Java

Performance Considerations

Library Development and Maintenance

Build Process

Testing

Macro Schemes

`testhdf5`

Other Test Programs

(Power)Shell Scripts

CMake vs Autotools

VOL and VFD Inclusion/Exclusion

Versioning and Releases

References