Re: [h5md-user] H5MD based on HDF5 1.8 file format

[Peter Colberg]

On Sat, Jun 01, 2013 at 09:53:44PM +0200, Pierre de Buyl wrote:
> On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 01:37:57PM +0200, Felix Höfling wrote:
> > I see no problem in requiring HDF5 version 1.8 for the feature of
> > object tracking. In the rare case that someone wants to write H5MD
> > using HDF5 version 1.6, this feature is not available. Since all
> > other H5MD specifications work also with 1.6, I'm a bit hesitating
> > to make 1.8 compulsory.
> 
> I like the idea but honestly, we may just mention on the webpage that HDF5 1.8
> and later is suggested and not make it mandatory. If we want to impose that
> restriction later on, it is a very easy one to add to the specification.

Alright, then the use of the HDF5 1.8 file format shall be optional.

I would like to make the following change:

The h5md/creation_time attribute is dropped.

If a user wishes to track creation and modification times of the file
and its objects, the H5MD file shall be written in the HDF5 1.8 file
format. The file format corresponds to the H5F_LIBVER_18 constant of
the HDF5 API.

Regards,
Peter