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HDF is self-describing, allowing an application to interpret the structure and contents of a file without any outside information. One HDF file can hold a mixture of related objects which can be accessed as a group or as individual objects. Users can create their own grouping structures called "vgroups."
===Tools===
* [http://hdfgroup.org/hdf-java-html/hdfview/index.html HDFView] A browser and editor for HDF files
 
==HDF5==
The HDF5 format is designed to address some of the limitations of the HDF4 library, and to address current and anticipated requirements of modern systems and applications.