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Purpose:
    Update links.
    Add documents.

Description:
    Bring in current links and notes from the R1.4.5 document.
    Add the documents which have been collected in
        http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/HDF5/doc_resource/.
        These documents include discussions of SZIP, generic properties,
        the shuffle algorithm and its influence on performance, fill values
        and space allocation, and error detection.

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HDF5 Application Developer's Guide
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<h1>HDF5 Application Developer's Guide</h1>
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These documents provide information of particular interest to
developers of applications that employ the HDF5 library.
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HDF5 Library Changes</a>
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<a href="ADGuide/Changes.html">from Release to Release</a>
</td><td></td><td valign=top>A summary of changes in the HDF5
library
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<tr><td valign=top width=35%><a href="http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/HDF5/doc_dev_snapshot/SuppConfigFeats.144Final.pdf" target="External">
Supported Configutation</a>
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<a href="http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/HDF5/doc_dev_snapshot/SuppConfigFeats.144Final.pdf" target="External">Features Summary</a>
</td><td></td><td valign=top>A summary of configuration features
supported in this release
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<em>(external link)</em>
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HDF5 Image and</a>
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<a href="ADGuide/ImageSpec.html">Palette Specification</a>
</td><td></td><td valign=top>A specification for the implementation
of images and palettes in HDF5 applications
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<tr><td valign=top width=35%><a href="ADGuide/H4toH5Mapping.pdf">
Mapping HDF4 Objects</a>
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<a href="ADGuide/H4toH5Mapping.pdf">to HDF5 Objects</a>
</td><td></td><td valign=top>Guidelines for translating
HDF4 file objects into valid HDF5 file objects&nbsp;&nbsp;
<i>(PDF format only)</i>
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<tr><td valign=top width=35%><a href="http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/HDF5/doc_resource/H5Fill_Values.html" target="External">
Fill Value and Space</a>
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<a href="http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/HDF5/doc_resource/H5Fill_Values.html" target="External">Allocation Issues</a>
</td><td></td><td valign=top>A summary of HDF5 fill value and storage allocation issues&nbsp;&nbsp;
<em>(external link)</em>
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<tr><td valign=top width=35%><a href="http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/HDF5/doc_resource/H5Fill_Behavior.html" target="External">
Fill Value and Space</a>
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<a href="http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/HDF5/doc_resource/H5Fill_Behavior.html" target="External">Allocation Behavior</a>
</td><td></td><td valign=top>A table summarizing of the behavioral interactions
of HDF5 fill value and storage allocation settings&nbsp;&nbsp;
<em>(external link)</em>
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<tr><td valign=top width=35%><a href="http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/HDF5/doc_resource/SZIP/index.html" target="External">
SZIP Compression</a>
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<a href="http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/HDF5/doc_resource/SZIP/index.html" target="External">
in HDF5</a>
</td><td></td><td valign=top>A description of SZIP compression in HDF5,
<code>H5Pset_szip</code>, terms of use and copyright notice,
and references&nbsp;&nbsp;
<em>(external link)</em>
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<tr><td valign=top width=35%><a href="http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/HDF5/doc_resource/H5Shuffle_Perf.pdf" target="External">
Shuffle Performance</a>
</td><td></td><td valign=top>An analysis of bzip and gzip compression
performance in HDF5 with and without the shuffle filter,
<code>H5Pset_shuffle</code>&nbsp;&nbsp;
<em>(external link)</em>
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<tr><td valign=top width=35%><a href="http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/HDF5/doc_resource/H5Generic_Props.html" target="External">
Generic Properties</a>
</td><td></td><td valign=top>An overview of and the motivation for
the implementation and use of generic properties in HDF5&nbsp;&nbsp;
<em>(external link)</em>
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<tr><td valign=top width=35%><a href="http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/HDF5/doc_resource/H5Checksum/ChecksumProposal.htm" target="External">
Error-detecting Codes</a>
<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<a href="http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/HDF5/doc_resource/H5Checksum/ChecksumProposal.htm" target="External">
for HDF5</a>
</td><td></td><td valign=top>A discussion of error-detection codes,
e.g., checksums, in HDF5&nbsp;&nbsp;
<em>(external link)</em>
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<tr><td valign=top width=35%><a href="http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/HDF5/doc_resource/H5Checksum/EDC_spec.htm" target="External">
Fletcher32 Checksu</a>
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<a href="http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/HDF5/doc_resource/H5Checksum/EDC_spec.htm" target="External">
Design and Spec</a>
</td><td></td><td valign=top>Design, API function specification, and test
for the Fletcher32 checksum implementation in HDF5&nbsp;&nbsp;
<em>(external link)</em>
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The HDF5 source code, as distributed to users and developers,
contains two additional files that will be of interest to readers
of this document. Both files are located at the top level of the
HDF5 source code tree and are duplicated here for your reference:
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<a href="ADGuide/RELEASE.txt" target="ExtWin">RELEASE.txt</a>
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Technical notes regarding this release
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<a href="ADGuide/HISTORY.txt" target="ExtWin">HISTORY.txt</a>
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A release-by-release history of the HDF5 library
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