# October 17 HDF5 Working Group Meeting **URL:** \ **Category:** HDF5 Library\ **Created:** [October 14, 2024, 6:14pm UTC](https://forum.hdfgroup.org/t/october-17-hdf5-working-group-meeting/12721 "2024-10-14T18:14:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![derobins](https://forum.hdfgroup.org/user_avatar/forum.hdfgroup.org/derobins/32/1481_2.png) [@derobins](https://forum.hdfgroup.org/u/derobins)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2024, 6:14pm UTC](https://forum.hdfgroup.org/t/october-17-hdf5-working-group-meeting/12721/1 "2024-10-14T18:14:07Z")
**October 17 HDF5 Working Group Meeting** Agenda: - HDF5 1.16.0 is going to be HDF5 2.0.0 - What’s going to be included? - We plan to drop Autotools support in this release - Discuss the sparse data RFC - File format changes: [HDF5 File Format Specification Version 3.1](https://gamma.hdfgroup.org/ftp/pub/outgoing/vchoi/SPARSE/H5.format.html) - Go over this PR: [Refactor allocation of API context by qkoziol · Pull Request #4942 · HDFGroup/hdf5 · GitHub](https://github.com/HDFGroup/hdf5/pull/4942) 10/17/24, 10:00 a.m. central time zone Zoom link: > **[Join our Cloud HD Video Meeting](https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89601195963)** > > Zoom is the leader in modern enterprise video communications, with an easy, reliable cloud platform for video and audio conferencing, chat, and webinars across mobile, desktop, and room systems. Zoom Rooms is the original software-based conference... Wiki link: > **[HDF5 Working Group](https://github.com/HDFGroup/hdf5/wiki/HDF5-Working-Group)** > > Official HDF5® Library Repository. Contribute to HDFGroup/hdf5 development by creating an account on GitHub. ---
**Author:** ![lori.cooper](https://forum.hdfgroup.org/user_avatar/forum.hdfgroup.org/lori.cooper/32/1489_2.png) [@lori.cooper](https://forum.hdfgroup.org/u/lori.cooper)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2024, 2:03pm UTC](https://forum.hdfgroup.org/t/october-17-hdf5-working-group-meeting/12721/2 "2024-10-16T14:03:10Z")
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**Author:** ![lori.cooper](https://forum.hdfgroup.org/user_avatar/forum.hdfgroup.org/lori.cooper/32/1489_2.png) [@lori.cooper](https://forum.hdfgroup.org/u/lori.cooper)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2024, 5:05pm UTC](https://forum.hdfgroup.org/t/october-17-hdf5-working-group-meeting/12721/3 "2024-10-17T17:05:54Z")