sci@gentoo.org Gentoo Science Project HDF5 is a file format and library for storing scientific data. HDF5 was designed and implemented to address the deficiencies of HDF4.x. It has a more powerful and flexible data model, supports files larger than 2 GB, and supports parallel I/O. Enable new features that require Fortran 2003 (http://www.hdfgroup.org/HDF5/doc/fortran/NewFeatures_F2003.pdf) Enable high level API (https://support.hdfgroup.org/HDF5/doc/HL/index.html)