HDF5

Hierarchical Data Format (HDF) is a portable binary format, meant to be extensible and self-describing.

Tools

• hdfview

Reading

In order to read HDF5 files, you will need a suitable library.

Installation

1. Install HDF5 libraries
   • sudo apt-get install libhdf5-dev
2. Install the h5py package (Python library for HDF5).
   1. Download tarball (e.g. from [1]).
      • wget https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/h/h5py/h5py-2.5.0.tar.gz#md5=6e4301b5ad5da0d51b0a1e5ac19e3b74

See Also

• Software
• NeXus data format
• Wikipedia:Hierarchical Data Format
• HDF5 Home Page
• HDF5 File Format Specification Version 2.0