HDF5 version 1.10.3 released on 2018-08-21

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Please refer to the release_docs/INSTALL file for installation instructions.
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THE HDF GROUP
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The HDF Group is the developer of HDF5®, a high-performance software library and 
data format that has been adopted across multiple industries and has become a 
de facto standard in scientific and research communities.

More information about The HDF Group, the HDF5 Community and the HDF5 software
project, tools and services can be found at the Group's website.

    https://www.hdfgroup.org/


DOCUMENTATION
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This release is fully functional for the API described in the documentation. 
    https://portal.hdfgroup.org/display/HDF5/The+HDF5+API

Full Documentation and Programming Resources for this release can be found at
    https://portal.hdfgroup.org/display/HDF5

See the RELEASE.txt file in the release_docs/ directory for information specific 
to the features and updates included in this release of the library. 

Several more files are located within the release_docs/ directory with specific 
details for several common platforms and configurations.

    INSTALL - Start Here. General instructions for compiling and installing the library
    INSTALL_CMAKE  - instructions for building with CMake (Kitware.com)
    INSTALL_parallel - instructions for building and configuring Parallel HDF5 
    INSTALL_Windows and INSTALL_Cygwin - MS Windows installations.



HELP AND SUPPORT
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Information regarding Help Desk and Support services is available at

    https://portal.hdfgroup.org/display/support/The+HDF+Help+Desk



FORUM and NEWS
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The following public forums are provided for public announcements and discussions 
of interest to the general HDF5 Community.

    Homepage of the Forum
        https://forum.hdfgroup.org

    News and Announcement
        https://forum.hdfgroup.org/c/news-and-announcements-from-the-hdf-group

    HDF5 and HDF4 Topics
        https://forum.hdfgroup.org/c/hdf5
 
These forums are provided as an open and public service for searching and reading. 
Posting requires completing a simple registration and allows one to join in the 
conversation.  Please read the following instructions pertaining to the Forum's 
use and configuration
    https://forum.hdfgroup.org/t/quickstart-guide-welcome-to-the-new-hdf-forum


SNAPSHOTS, PREVIOUS RELEASES AND SOURCE CODE
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Periodically development code snapshots are provided at the following URL:
    https://gamma.hdfgroup.org/ftp/pub/outgoing/hdf5/snapshots/

Source packages for current and previous releases are located at:
    https://portal.hdfgroup.org/display/support/Downloads

Development code is available at our BitBucket Server:
    https://bitbucket.hdfgroup.org/projects/HDFFV/repos/hdf5/browse

