Core Library

The main HDF5 library includes low-level APIs to provide user applications with fine-grained control of HDF5 functionality.

• Attributes — Creating and manipulating HDF5 attributes (H5A)
• Datasets — Creating and manipulating scientific datasets (H5D)
• Dataspaces — Creating and manipulating dataspaces in which to store elements of a dataset (H5S)
• Datatypes — Creating and manipulating datatypes which describe elements of a dataset (H5T)
• Error Handling — Functions for handling errors that occur within HDF5 (H5E)
• Event Set — Managing Event Sets (H5ES)
• Files — Creating and manipulating HDF5 files (H5F)
• Filters — Configuring filters that process data during I/O operation (H5Z)
• Groups — Creating and manipulating groups of objects inside an HDF5 file (H5G)
• Identifiers — Manipulating object identifiers and object names (H5I)
• Library — General purpose library functions (H5)
• Links — Creating and manipulating links within an HDF5 group (H5L)
• Map — Managing map objects in HDF5 (H5M)
• Objects — Manipulating objects in an HDF5 file (H5O)
• Plugins — Programmatically controlling dynamically loaded plugins (H5PL)
• Property Lists — Creating and manipulating property lists to control HDF5 library behavior (H5P)
• References — Creating and manipulating references to specific objects and data regions in an HDF5 file (H5R)
• Virtual Object Layer — Using the Virtual Object Layer (H5VL)