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Libraries and programming languages
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The `HDF5`_ library as provided by the HDF Group provides a C-library and ships 
bindings for C++, Fortran90 and Java. Additional wrappers are available from 
third parties as shown in this table

+-----------+-------------------+-----------------------------------------+
| Language  |  binding/library  | remark                                  |
+===========+===================+=========================================+
| Python    | `h5py`_           | plain HDF5 binding for Python           |
+-----------+-------------------+-----------------------------------------+
| Python    | `PyTables`_       | plain HDF5 binding for Python           |
+-----------+-------------------+-----------------------------------------+
| Python    | `python-pniio`_   | Python wrapper for `libpniio`_ with     |
|           |                   | support for NeXus semantics.            |
|           |                   | See the `Python PNI Users guide`_ for   |
|           |                   | more information.                       | 
+-----------+-------------------+-----------------------------------------+
| C++       | `libpniio`_ and   | C++ wrapper for HDF5 with support for   |
|           | `libpnicore`_     | NeXus semantics.                        |
|           |                   | For user documentation see the          |
|           |                   | `libpniio Users Guide`_ and the         | 
|           |                   | `libpnicore Users Guide`_. See          |
|           |                   | `libpniio API doc`_ and                 | 
|           |                   | `libpnicore API doc`_ for a complete    |
|           |                   | API documentation.                      |
+-----------+-------------------+-----------------------------------------+
| R         | `h5`_             | HDF5 wrapper for the R language         |
+-----------+-------------------+-----------------------------------------+
| C#        | `HDF5 and .NET`_  | C# bindings                             |
+-----------+-------------------+-----------------------------------------+
| LabView   | `Live HDF5`_      | Bindings for LabView                    |
+-----------+-------------------+-----------------------------------------+
| Python    | `nexpy`_          | Full NeXus compliant Python framework   |
+-----------+-------------------+-----------------------------------------+


For HDF5 support in commercial data processing languages see 
:ref:`commercial-software-support`.



.. _HDF5: https://www.hdfgroup.org/hdf5/
.. _h5py: http://www.h5py.org/
.. _PyTables: http://www.pytables.org/
.. _libpniio: https://github.com/pni-libraries/libpniio
.. _libpnicore: https://github.com/pni-libraries/libpnicore
.. _python-pniio: https://github.com/pni-libraries/python-pniio
.. _h5: https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/h5/index.html
.. _HDF5 and .NET: https://support.hdfgroup.org/projects/hdf.net/index.html
.. _Live HDF5: http://www.upvi.net/main/index.php/products/lvhdf5
.. _nexpy: https://github.com/nexpy/nexpy
.. _libpniio API doc: http://hasyweb.desy.de/services/computing/nexus/libpniio/html
.. _libpnicore API doc: http://hasyweb.desy.de/services/computing/nexus/libpnicore/html
.. _libpniio Users Guide: http://hasyweb.desy.de/services/computing/nexus/libpniio/libpniio_ug.pdf
.. _libpnicore Users Guide: http://hasyweb.desy.de/services/computing/nexus/libpnicore/libpnicore_ug.pdf
.. _Python PNI Users guide: http://hasyweb.desy.de/services/computing/nexus/python-pni/