Read HDF5 file with python

.HDF5 file format

.HDF5 is a file format in which data are stored like a file system.

In HDF5 Data Model, we have groups and datasets. Every HDF5 file contains a root group (denoted as ‘/’) that contains other groups and datasets consists of metadata and data. Metadata is a collection of datatypes, dataspaces, properties and (optional) attributes that describe a dataset.

A general structure of a .hdf5 file is shown as

/(root group)
|   |/group_1
|   |   |/dataset_1_1
|   |   |    /Data values
|   |   |    /Metadata
|   |   |        /datatypes
|   |   |        /dataspaces
|   |   |        /properties
|   |   |        /attributes
|   |   |/dataset_1_2
|   |   |    /Data values
|   |   |    /Metadata
|   |   |        /datatypes
|   |   |        /dataspaces
|   |   |        /properties
|   |   |        /attributes
|   |   |...
|   |/group_2
|   |   |/dataset_2_1
|   |   |    /Data values
|   |   |    /Metadata
|   |   |        /datatypes
|   |   |        /dataspaces
|   |   |        /properties
|   |   |        /attributes
|   |   |/dataset_2_2
|   |   |    /Data values
|   |   |    /Metadata
|   |   |        /datatypes
|   |   |        /dataspaces
|   |   |        /properties
|   |   |        /attributes        
|   |...

Read and write HDF5 file with h5py

h5py is a python package that can read and write HDF5 files.