HDMF 5 Major Release Plan

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What would you like to see added to HDMF?

Use release branch https://github.com/hdmf-dev/hdmf/tree/release/5.0.0.

• Remove https://github.com/hdmf-dev/hdmf/blob/12864bb253908e3bd48e6610ee8bca4816f85be7/src/hdmf/monitor.py
• Remove Data.set_data_io's **kwargs option in

  hdmf/src/hdmf/container.py

  Line 875 in 12864bb

  if kwargs or (data_io_kwargs is None):

• Merge hdmf-zarr into hdmf
• Abstract common functions between ZarrIO and HDF5IO
• Implement hdmf schema language 2.0
• Merge EnumData from hdmf-experimental namespace into hdmf-common. It's been years. Move EnumData from hdmf-experimental to hdmf-common hdmf-common-schema#87
• Start replacing docval with pydantic [Feature]: Replace docval with better strict type and shape validation system with type hints #1129

Issues will be created for the major items above without issues.

What solution would you like?

Release HDMF 5.0 in September 2025.

Do you have any interest in helping implement the feature?

Yes.