The HDF software interprets them. Compact Low overhead Reasonably low if structures are defined carefully. High overhead if many small structures are stored. Supports binary data and n-bit number types. Support for data compression Supports several kinds of compression.
Some compression software is third-party software.
No clear procedure is in place for maintaining this software over the long term. Also, no clear mechanism exists for incorporating new compression methods. New storage technologies HDF is not tied to any particular technology. It is not easy to interpret HDF files without using the HDF library. Ease of writing access software Because the HDF format is complex, access software is not easy to write.