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 # pyiron HDF5 format
+This repository is archived as the corresponding functionality is transferred to [pyiron/pyiron_dataclasses](https://github.com/pyiron/pyiron_dataclasses).
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 Currently the three major simulation codes in pyiron (LAMMPS, SPHInX and VASP) all implment their own HDF5 format. To address this challenge we aim to develop a minimalistic interface to access the HDF5 files created by pyiron. 
 
 This minimalistic interface should be able to read and write pyiron compatible HDF5 files using the [h5io_browser](https://github.com/h5io/h5io_browser) package.