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* [Silo GitHub Repository](https://github.com/LLNL/Silo)
* [Silo API Reference Manual](https://silo.readthedocs.io/#major-sections-of-the-user-s-manual)
* [VisIt's Silo Tutorial](https://visit-sphinx-github-user-manual.readthedocs.io/en/develop/data_into_visit/SiloFormat.html#the-silo-file-format)
* Silo Block-Based [Virtual File Driver](https://docs.hdfgroup.org/hdf5/develop/_v_f_l.html) (VFD) for [Dawn](https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/971777/) [design outline](assets/llnl_pres_428015.pdf) and [performance assessement](assets/llnl_pres_428059.pdf).
* [LLNL Computing Platforms](https://hpc.llnl.gov/hardware/compute-platforms)
* Some History
  * [A brief history](history.md)
  * From XFiles to SAF: The early pedigree of HDF5 ([video](https://youtu.be/0oCWg5UD6iE?si=IHPF1J3dmoujvFFw) / [slides](https://www.hdfgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/hdf5_history_Mark_Miller.pdf))
  * Research Computing & Engineering (RCE) [Discussion about Silo](assets/20RCE-silo.mp3) (2009)
* Related technologies (data structure objects - arrays, lists, trees)
  * [PDBLib](http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4823180)
  * [HDF5](https://support.hdfgroup.org/documentation/hdf5/latest/)
  * [netCDF](https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/)
* Related technologies (computational modeling objects - meshes, fields, materials)
  * [ExodusII](https://github.com/sandialabs/exodusii) (implemented on top of [netCDF](https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/), like Silo on PDBLib or HDF5)
  * [LibMESH](https://libmesh.github.io)
  * [CGNS](http://cgns.github.io)
  * [netCDF - regularized](https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/)
  * [Conduit](https://llnl-conduit.readthedocs.io/en/latest/) / [Blueprint](https://llnl-conduit.readthedocs.io/en/latest/blueprint_mesh.html) ([slides](https://www.ascent-dav.org/2019_04_24_doecfg_conduit_blueprint.pdf))
  * [TSTT](https://tstt-scidac.org) / [ITAPS](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/230957447_Interoperable_mesh_and_geometry_tools_for_advanced_petascale_simulations)
* Advanced Mathematical Abstractions
  * [Vector Bundle Data Model](https://www.sheafsystem.org/publications/Butler_Bryson_1992.pdf) (D. Butler, 1992)
  * [Fiber Bundle Data Model](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/236382996_A_Visualization_Model_Based_on_the_Mathematics_of_Fiber_Bundles) (D. Butler, 2003)
  * [Sheaf Data Model](https://www.sheafsystem.org/Publications/Sheaf_Data_Model_HPCDB_2012.pdf) (D. Butler, 2012)
  * The Sets and Fields (SAF) [Data Model](https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/markcmiller86/SAF/master/src/safapi/docs/miller001.pdf) and [API](https://sets-and-fields.readthedocs.io/en/latest/docs/safapi_refman.rest/index.html)
    * A simplified but scalable, parallel API for Fiber Bundles
  * [Geometric Algebraic Types in HDF5](http://sciviz.cct.lsu.edu/papers/2009/GraVisMa09.pdf)

