What is a .h5 file?

application/x-hdf5

HDF5 (.h5) is a binary container format for large, heterogeneous scientific data. It stores multidimensional arrays (datasets) in a hierarchical group structure with attributes and chunked, compressed storage, and is standard in ML, physics, and geoscience.

How to use a .h5 file

Use an example .h5 file to test HDF5 readers (h5py, PyTables), group and dataset traversal, and attribute extraction.

Download example .h5 file

HDF5 — Hierarchical Scientific DataA small HDF5 file with a compound 'employees' dataset and a numeric 'readings' grid — the hierarchical format used across science and ML. For testing h5py/HDF5 readers and conversion.

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