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Format

HDF5

Summary

Name
HDF5
Version
2
Identifiers
PUID: fmt/287
Format type
Dataset
Description
HDF5 is a data model, library, and file format for storing and managing data.
Note
Following up external submission. Signature submitted by The Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Germany.
File extensions
hdf5, h5, hdf, nc
Source
Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives

Relationships

Has lower priority than

Internal signatures

HDF5 2.0

Note
HDF5 Header + Version

Byte sequences

Min Frag Length
Absolute from BOF
Offset
0
Max offset
None
Byte Sequence
894844460D0A1A0A02
Endianness
None

Changelog

  • Updated in V101

    Release date
    15 February 2022

    HDF5 (2): Extension .nc added. Submitted by ETH-Bibliothek, ETH Zurich.

  • Updated in V83

    Release date
    17 December 2015

    HDF5 2: Added description. Added .hdf extension. Amended version from 2.0.