.. h5netcdf documentation master file, created by sphinx-quickstart on Sat Mar 5 16:30:15 2022. You can adapt this file completely to your liking, but it should at least contain the root `toctree` directive. h5netcdf: A Python interface for the netCDF4 file-format based on h5py ====================================================================== :Release: |release| :Date: |today| **h5netcdf** is an open source project and Python package that provides an interface for the `netCDF4 file-format`_ that reads and writes local or remote HDF5 files directly via `h5py`_ or `h5pyd`_, without relying on the Unidata netCDF library. .. toctree:: :maxdepth: 2 :hidden: :caption: For users Overview Feature comparison New API Reference Legacy API Reference .. toctree:: :maxdepth: 2 :hidden: :caption: For developers Developers Guide Changelog .. toctree:: :maxdepth: 1 :hidden: :caption: Community GitHub issues .. include:: ../README.rst :start-after: .. why-h5netcdf :end-before: .. changelog History ------- The project was started in early 2015. The first commit was made on on 7th of April in 2015 by Stephan Hoyer. The first `official` ``h5netcdf`` announcement was made by Stephan on the `xarray issue tracker`_ only one day later. The library evolved constantly over the years (fixing bugs and adding enhancements) and gained contributions from 15 other :ref:`contributors` so far. The library is widely used, especially as backend within `xarray`_. Early 2020 Kai Mühlbauer started to add contributions and after some time he volunteered to help in maintaining ``h5netcdf``. Two years later in January 2022 Stephan handed the project-lead over to Kai. ``h5netcdf`` version 1.0 was released on 31st of March 2022. .. _netCDF4 file-format: https://docs.unidata.ucar.edu/netcdf-c/current/file_format_specifications.html#netcdf_4_spec .. _h5py: https://www.h5py.org/ .. _h5pyd: https://github.com/HDFGroup/h5pyd .. _xarray issue tracker: https://github.com/pydata/xarray/issues/23#issuecomment-90780331 .. include:: ../README.rst :start-after: .. license Indices and tables ------------------ * :ref:`genindex` * :ref:`modindex` * :ref:`search`