Silo HDF5 Variant

Writable

dataset

Silo is a scientific data library created by the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Silo can produce files based on the Portable Database format, or HDF5.

Identify it

Extensions	`.silo`
Signatures	`89484446` at byte 0 (SILO HDF5)
PRONOM	`fmt/1068`
Wikidata	`Q47486948`

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SiloOpen sourcereads and writes · 2-clause BSD License

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Sources

PRONOM fmt/1068
Wikidata Q47486948

From PRONOM, Wikidata. Updated 2026-10-20.

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