It is envisioned that this will replace HDF5, at least for astronomy — based on this 2015 paper. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S22131337150

It is envisioned that this will replace HDF5, at least for astronomy — based on this 2015 paper. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213133715000645?via%3Dihub https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221313371... I’ve used HDF5 before but not ASDF so I can’t fully evaluate their points one way or the other.