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<a class="el" href="_h5_t__u_g.html#subsubsec_datatype_usage_create" title="Dataset Creation">Dataset Creation</a> </li>
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<a class="el" href="_h5_t__u_g.html#subsubsec_datatype_usage_discover" title="Discovery of Data Format">Discovery of Data Format</a> </li>
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<a class="el" href="_h5_t__u_g.html#subsubsec_datatype_program_discover" title="Discovery of Datatype Properties">Discovery of Datatype Properties</a> </li>
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<a class="el" href="_h5_t__u_g.html#subsubsec_datatype_other_enum" title="ENUM">ENUM</a> </li>
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<a class="el" href="_h5_t__u_g.html#subsubsec_datatype_other_opaque" title="Opaque">Opaque</a> </li>
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<p><a class="el" href="_h5_s__u_g.html#sec_dataspace" title="HDF5 Dataspaces and Partial I/O">HDF5 Dataspaces and Partial I/O</a> </p><ul>
<li><a class="el" href="_h5_s__u_g.html#subsec_dataspace_intro" title="Introduction">Introduction</a> </li>
<li><a class="el" href="_h5_s__u_g.html#subsec_dataspace_function" title="Dataspace Function Summaries">Dataspace Function Summaries</a> </li>
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<a class="el" href="_h5_s__u_g.html#subsubsec_dataspace_program_model" title="Dataspace Programming Model">Dataspace Programming Model</a> </li>
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<a class="el" href="_h5_s__u_g.html#subsubsec_dataspace_transfer_select" title="Data Selection">Data Selection</a> </li>
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<a class="el" href="_h5_s__u_g.html#subsubsec_dataspace_transfer_model" title="Programming Model">Programming Model</a> </li>
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<p><a class="el" href="_h5_a__u_g.html#sec_attribute" title="HDF5 Attributes">HDF5 Attributes</a> </p><ul>
<li><a class="el" href="_h5_a__u_g.html#subsec_attribute_intro" title="Introduction">Introduction</a> </li>
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To Open and Read or Write an Existing Attribute </li>
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<a class="el" href="_h5_a__u_g.html#subsubsec_attribute_work_struct" title="The Structure of an Attribute">The Structure of an Attribute</a> </li>
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<a class="el" href="_h5_a__u_g.html#subsubsec_attribute_work_create" title="Creating, Writing, and Reading Attributes">Creating, Writing, and Reading Attributes</a> </li>
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<a class="el" href="_h5_a__u_g.html#subsubsec_attribute_work_access" title="Accessing Attributes by Name or Index">Accessing Attributes by Name or Index</a> </li>
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<p><a class="el" href="_h5_o__u_g.html#sec_object" title="The HDF5 Object Interface">The HDF5 Object Interface</a> </p><ul>
<li><a class="el" href="_h5_o__u_g.html#subsec_object_intro" title="Introduction">Introduction</a> </li>
<li><a class="el" href="_h5_o__u_g.html#subsec_object_ops" title="Object Operations">Object Operations</a> </li>
<li><a class="el" href="_h5_o__u_g.html#subsec_object_visit" title="Object Traversal">Object Traversal</a> </li>
<li><a class="el" href="_h5_o__u_g.html#subsec_object_comments" title="Object Comments">Object Comments</a> </li>
<li><a class="el" href="_h5_o__u_g.html#subsec_object_refcount" title="Reference Counting">Reference Counting</a> </li>
<li><a class="el" href="_h5_o__u_g.html#subsec_object_cache" title="Cache Control">Cache Control</a> </li>
<li><a class="el" href="_h5_o__u_g.html#subsec_object_summary" title="Summary">Summary</a></li>
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<p><a class="el" href="_h5_i__u_g.html#sec_identifier" title="The HDF5 Identifier Interface">The HDF5 Identifier Interface</a> </p><ul>
<li><a class="el" href="_h5_i__u_g.html#subsec_identifier_intro" title="Introduction">Introduction</a> </li>
<li><a class="el" href="_h5_i__u_g.html#subsec_identifier_types" title="Identifier Types">Identifier Types</a> </li>
<li><a class="el" href="_h5_i__u_g.html#subsec_identifier_refcount" title="Reference Counting">Reference Counting</a> </li>
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<li><a class="el" href="_h5_i__u_g.html#subsec_identifier_query" title="Querying Identifiers">Querying Identifiers</a> </li>
<li><a class="el" href="_h5_i__u_g.html#subsec_identifier_user" title="User-Defined Identifier Types">User-Defined Identifier Types</a> </li>
<li><a class="el" href="_h5_i__u_g.html#subsec_identifier_iteration" title="Identifier Iteration">Identifier Iteration</a> </li>
<li><a class="el" href="_h5_i__u_g.html#subsec_identifier_summary" title="Summary">Summary</a></li>
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<p><a class="el" href="_h5_e__u_g.html#sec_error" title="HDF5 Error Handling">HDF5 Error Handling</a> </p><ul>
<li><a class="el" href="_h5_e__u_g.html#subsec_error_intro" title="Introduction">Introduction</a> </li>
<li><a class="el" href="_h5_e__u_g.html#subsec_error_program" title="Programming Model for Error Handling">Programming Model for Error Handling</a> </li>
<li><a class="el" href="_h5_e__u_g.html#subsec_error_H5E" title="Error Handling Function Summaries">Error Handling Function Summaries</a> </li>
<li><a class="el" href="_h5_e__u_g.html#subsec_error_ops" title="Basic Error Handling Operations">Basic Error Handling Operations</a> <ul>
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<a class="el" href="_h5_e__u_g.html#subsubsec_error_ops_stack" title="Error Stack and Error Message">Error Stack and Error Message</a> </li>
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<a class="el" href="_h5_e__u_g.html#subsubsec_error_ops_print" title="Print and Clear an Error Stack">Print and Clear an Error Stack</a> </li>
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<a class="el" href="_h5_e__u_g.html#subsubsec_error_ops_mute" title="Mute Error Stack">Mute Error Stack</a> </li>
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<a class="el" href="_h5_e__u_g.html#subsubsec_error_ops_custom_print" title="Customized Printing of an Error Stack">Customized Printing of an Error Stack</a> </li>
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<a class="el" href="_h5_e__u_g.html#subsubsec_error_ops_walk" title="Walk through the Error Stack">Walk through the Error Stack</a> </li>
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<a class="el" href="_h5_e__u_g.html#subsubsec_error_ops_travers" title="Traverse an Error Stack with a Callback Function">Traverse an Error Stack with a Callback Function</a> </li>
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<li><a class="el" href="_h5_e__u_g.html#subsec_error_adv" title="Advanced Error Handling Operations">Advanced Error Handling Operations</a> <ul>
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<a class="el" href="_h5_e__u_g.html#subsubsec_error_adv_more" title="More Error API Functions">More Error API Functions</a> </li>
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<a class="el" href="_h5_e__u_g.html#subsubsec_error_adv_app" title="Pushing an Application Error Message onto Error Stack">Pushing an Application Error Message onto Error Stack</a> </li>
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<p><a class="el" href="_h5_p__u_g.html#sec_plist" title="Properties and Property Lists in HDF5">Properties and Property Lists in HDF5</a> </p><ul>
<li><a class="el" href="_h5_p__u_g.html#subsec_plist_intro" title="Introduction">Introduction</a> </li>
<li><a class="el" href="_h5_p__u_g.html#subsec_plist_class" title="Property List Classes, Property Lists, and Properties">Property List Classes, Property Lists, and Properties</a> <ul>
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<a class="el" href="_h5_p__u_g.html#subsubsec_plist_class" title="Property List Classes">Property List Classes</a> </li>
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<a class="el" href="_h5_p__u_g.html#subsubsec_plist_lists" title="Property Lists">Property Lists</a> </li>
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<li><a class="el" href="_h5_p__u_g.html#subsec_plist_program" title="Programming Model for Properties and Property Lists">Programming Model for Properties and Property Lists</a> <ul>
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<a class="el" href="_h5_p__u_g.html#subsubsec_plist_default" title="Using Default Property Lists">Using Default Property Lists</a> </li>
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<a class="el" href="_h5_p__u_g.html#subsubsec_plist_basic" title="Basic Steps of the Programming Model">Basic Steps of the Programming Model</a> </li>
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<a class="el" href="_h5_p__u_g.html#subsubsec_plist_additional" title="Additional Property List Operations">Additional Property List Operations</a> </li>
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<li><a class="el" href="_h5_p__u_g.html#subsec_plist_H5P" title="Property List Function Summaries">Property List Function Summaries</a> </li>
<li><a class="el" href="_h5_p__u_g.html#subsec_plist_resources" title="Additional Property List Resources">Additional Property List Resources</a> </li>
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<p><a class="el" href="_h5_f_d__u_g.html#sec_vfd" title="The HDF5 Virtual File Driver Interface">The HDF5 Virtual File Driver Interface</a> </p><ul>
<li><a class="el" href="_h5_f_d__u_g.html#subsec_vfd_intro" title="Introduction">Introduction</a> </li>
<li><a class="el" href="_h5_f_d__u_g.html#subsec_vfd_purpose" title="Purpose and Benefits">Purpose and Benefits</a> </li>
<li><a class="el" href="_h5_f_d__u_g.html#subsec_vfd_drivers" title="Built-in File Drivers">Built-in File Drivers</a> </li>
<li><a class="el" href="_h5_f_d__u_g.html#subsec_vfd_selection" title="Selecting a File Driver">Selecting a File Driver</a> </li>
<li><a class="el" href="_h5_f_d__u_g.html#subsec_vfd_custom" title="Custom File Drivers">Custom File Drivers</a> </li>
<li><a class="el" href="_h5_f_d__u_g.html#subsec_vfd_parallel" title="Parallel File Drivers">Parallel File Drivers</a> </li>
<li><a class="el" href="_h5_f_d__u_g.html#subsec_vfd_performance" title="Performance Considerations">Performance Considerations</a> </li>
<li><a class="el" href="_h5_f_d__u_g.html#subsec_vfd_query" title="Querying File Driver Information">Querying File Driver Information</a> </li>
<li><a class="el" href="_h5_f_d__u_g.html#subsec_vfd_summary" title="Summary">Summary</a></li>
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<p><a class="el" href="_h5_v_l__u_g.html#sec_vol" title="The HDF5 Virtual Object Layer (VOL)">The HDF5 Virtual Object Layer (VOL)</a> </p><ul>
<li><a class="el" href="_h5_v_l__u_g.html#subsec_vol_intro" title="Introduction">Introduction</a> </li>
<li><a class="el" href="_h5_v_l__u_g.html#subsec_vol_abstract_layer" title="The VOL Abstraction Layer">The VOL Abstraction Layer</a> </li>
<li><a class="el" href="_h5_v_l__u_g.html#subsec_vol_quickstart" title="Quickstart">Quickstart</a> <ul>
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<a class="el" href="_h5_v_l__u_g.html#subsubsec_vol_quick_read" title="Read The Documentation For The New VOL Connector">Read The Documentation For The New VOL Connector</a> </li>
<li>
<a class="el" href="_h5_v_l__u_g.html#subsubsec_vol_quick_use" title="Use A VOL-Enabled HDF5 Library">Use A VOL-Enabled HDF5 Library</a> </li>
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<a class="el" href="_h5_v_l__u_g.html#subsubsec_vol_quick_set" title="Determine How You Will Set The VOL Connector">Determine How You Will Set The VOL Connector</a> </li>
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<a class="el" href="_h5_v_l__u_g.html#subsubsec_vol_quick_update" title="If Needed: Update Your Code To Load And Use A VOL Connector">If Needed: Update Your Code To Load And Use A VOL Connector</a> </li>
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<a class="el" href="_h5_v_l__u_g.html#subsubsec_vol_quick_plugin" title="If Using A Plugin: Make Sure The VOL Connector Is In The Search">If Using A Plugin: Make Sure The VOL Connector Is In The Search</a> </li>
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<a class="el" href="_h5_v_l__u_g.html#subsubsec_vol_quick_opt" title="Optional: Set The VOL Connector Via The Environment Variable">Optional: Set The VOL Connector Via The Environment Variable</a> </li>
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<li><a class="el" href="_h5_v_l__u_g.html#subsec_vol_connect" title="VOL Connectors">VOL Connectors</a> <ul>
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<a class="el" href="_h5_v_l__u_g.html#subsubsec_vol_connect_register" title="Registration">Registration</a> </li>
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<a class="el" href="_h5_v_l__u_g.html#subsubsec_vol_connect_version" title="Connector Versioning">Connector Versioning</a> </li>
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<a class="el" href="_h5_v_l__u_g.html#subsubsec_vol_connect_reg_calls" title="Connector-Specific Registration Calls">Connector-Specific Registration Calls</a> </li>
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<a class="el" href="_h5_v_l__u_g.html#subsubsec_vol_connect_set_vol" title="H5Pset_vol()">H5Pset_vol()</a> </li>
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<a class="el" href="_h5_v_l__u_g.html#subsubsec_vol_connect_search" title="VOL Connector Search Path">VOL Connector Search Path</a> </li>
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<a class="el" href="_h5_v_l__u_g.html#subsubsec_vol_connect_param" title="Parameter Strings">Parameter Strings</a> </li>
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<a class="el" href="_h5_v_l__u_g.html#subsubsec_vol_connect_env" title="Environment Variable">Environment Variable</a> </li>
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<li><a class="el" href="_h5_v_l__u_g.html#subsec_vol_adapt" title="Adapting HDF5 Software to Use the VOL">Adapting HDF5 Software to Use the VOL</a> <ul>
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<a class="el" href="_h5_v_l__u_g.html#subsubsec_vol_adapt_token" title="haddr_t → H5O_token_t">haddr_t → H5O_token_t</a> </li>
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<a class="el" href="_h5_v_l__u_g.html#subsubsec_vol_adapt_api" title="Specific API Call Substitutions">Specific API Call Substitutions</a> </li>
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<a class="el" href="_h5_v_l__u_g.html#subsubsec_vol_adapt_native" title="Protect Native-Only API Calls">Protect Native-Only API Calls</a> </li>
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<li><a class="el" href="_h5_v_l__u_g.html#subsec_vol_lang" title="Language Wrappers">Language Wrappers</a> <ul>
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<a class="el" href="_h5_v_l__u_g.html#subsubsec_vol_lang_c" title="C++">C++</a> </li>
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<a class="el" href="_h5_v_l__u_g.html#subsubsec_vol_lang_fort" title="Fortran">Fortran</a> </li>
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<a class="el" href="_h5_v_l__u_g.html#subsubsec_vol_lang_java" title="Java/JNI">Java/JNI</a> </li>
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