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Format

HDF5

Summary

Name
HDF5
Version
1
Identifiers
PUID: fmt/286
Format type
Dataset
Description
HDF5 is a data model, library, and file format for storing and managing data.
File extensions
hdf, h5, hdf5, nc
Submitted by
Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives

Relationships

Has lower priority than

Internal signatures

HDF5 1.0

Description
HDF5 Header + Version
Provenance
Signature submitted by The Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Germany.

Byte sequences

Min Frag Length
Absolute from BOF
Offset
0
Max offset
None
Byte Sequence
894844460D0A1A0A01
Endianness
None

Changelog

  • V101

    Release date
    15 February 2022
    • Updated

      HDF5 (1): Extension .nc added. Submitted by ETH-Bibliothek, ETH Zurich.

  • V91

    Release date
    25 July 2017
    • Updated

      HDF5 1: Changed duplicated 'hdf5' extension to hdf.

  • V83

    Release date
    17 December 2015
    • Updated

      HDF5 1: Added description. Added .hdf extension. Amended version from 1.0.

  • V65

    Release date
    25 October 2012
    • Updated

      DEC Data Exchange File: MIME-Type information added.

  • V41

    Release date
    1 November 2010
    • Added format

      HDF5 1.0: Outline entry added

      HDF5 2.0: Outline entry added

    • Added signature

      HDF5 1.0: Signature submitted by Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Germany

      HDF5 2.0: Signature submitted by Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Germany