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 https://github.com/hdmf-dev/hdmf/blob/12864bb253908e3bd48e6610ee8bca4816f85be7/src/hdmf/container.py#L875
• [ ] ~~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. https://github.com/hdmf-dev/hdmf-common-schema/issues/87
• [ ] Start replacing docval with pydantic #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.