Python and HDF5 Andrew Collette University of Colorado Boulder
Nov 10, 2014
Python and HDF5Andrew Collette
University of Colorado Boulder
CU Boulder Accelerator
UCLA Large Plasma Device
A. Collette et al. Phys. Rev. Lett 105, 195003 (2010)
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HDF5
Fast database built on HDF5
h5pyGeneral-purpose HDF5 library
Datasets: arrays on disk
Groups: filesystem-like folders
Attributes: Key-value metadata
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