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+Cactus Code Thorn HDF5
+Author(s)    : Erik Schnetter
+Maintainer(s): Cactus team
+Licence      : ?
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+1. Purpose
+
+Distribute the HDF5 library; see <http://www.hdfgroup.org/HDF5/>.
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+
+From the web site:
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+HDF5 is a data model, library, and file format for storing and
+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.