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authoreschnett <eschnett@fb53df36-e548-4a1e-8150-ab98cbd5e786>2011-02-01 16:16:41 +0000
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Distribute the HDF5 library; see <http://www.hdfgroup.org/HDF5/>.
+Provide some generic utility programs to manipulate HDF5 files. These
+are independent of any specific Cactus file formats.
-From the web site:
+
+From the HDF5 web site:
HDF5 is a data model, library, and file format for storing and
-managing data. It supports an unlimited variety of datatypes, and is
+managing data. It supports an unlimited variety of datatypes, and is
designed for flexible and efficient I/O and for high volume and
-complex data. HDF5 is portable and is extensible, allowing
-applications to evolve in their use of HDF5. The HDF5 Technology
-suite includes tools and applications for managing, manipulating,
-viewing, and analyzing data in the HDF5 format.
+complex data. HDF5 is portable and is extensible, allowing
+applications to evolve in their use of HDF5. The HDF5 Technology suite
+includes tools and applications for managing, manipulating, viewing,
+and analyzing data in the HDF5 format.