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h5io

h5io is a package designed to facilitate saving some standard Python objects into the forward-compatible HDF5 format. It is a higher-level package than h5py.

Get the latest code

To get the latest code using git, simply type:

git clone git://github.com/h5io/h5io.git

If you don't have git installed, you can download a zip or tarball of the latest code:

Install h5io

As any Python packages, to install h5io, go in the source code directory and do:

pip install -e .

You can also install the latest release version with pip:

pip install h5io --upgrade

Dependencies

The required dependencies to build the software are h5py and numpy. scipy is required for sparse matrix IO support.

Licensing

h5io is BSD-licenced (3 clause):

> This software is OSI Certified Open Source Software. OSI Certified is > a certification mark of the Open Source Initiative. > > Copyright (c) 2011, authors of h5io All rights reserved. > > Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without > modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are > met: > > - Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright > notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. > - Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright > notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in > the documentation and/or other materials provided with the > distribution. > - Neither the names of h5io authors nor the names of any > contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived > from this software without specific prior written permission. > > This software is provided by the copyright holders and contributors > "as is" and any express or implied warranties, including, but not > limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for > a particular purpose are disclaimed. In no event shall the copyright > owner or contributors be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, > special, exemplary, or consequential damages (including, but not > limited to, procurement of substitute goods or services; loss of use, > data, or profits; or business interruption) however caused and on any > theory of liability, whether in contract, strict liability, or tort > (including negligence or otherwise) arising in any way out of the use > of this software, even if advised of the possibility of such damage.