# xmf / xdmf Failed to read attribute data from hdf5
**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/xmf-xdmf-failed-to-read-attribute-data-from-hdf5/11132
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [January 8, 2023, 12:33am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/xmf-xdmf-failed-to-read-attribute-data-from-hdf5/11132 "2023-01-08T00:33:16Z")
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### Author:  [@GeoMattB](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/GeoMattB)
#### Post date: [January 8, 2023, 12:33am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/xmf-xdmf-failed-to-read-attribute-data-from-hdf5/11132/1 "2023-01-08T00:33:16Z")
Hi,
I’m using xdmf / xmf to visualise hdf5 data in Paraview and I’m getting an error loading the attributes.
My dataset is a 3DSMesh, with the attributes on the same nodes that the X\_Y\_Z coordinates are located. I’ve tried something as simple as just loading the X values, which are already read for the coordinates, as an attribute with the same error so I suspect there’s something about how attributes are loaded that I don’t understand.
As far as I can figure this out it \*should be working. Has anyone got any tips?
Thanks
Matt
[sed\_X\_Y\_Z.time2.xmf](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/short-url/tKscBjwnuVoAZf0RxWjpIl41VEq.xmf) (1.2 KB)
I’ve put a couple of examples here.
> **[test2\_10.zip](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lhzCHCYL_1QZzAzP-Lx5Irx5J1U8U3Pe/view?usp=share_link)**
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> Google Drive file.
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### Author:  [@GeoMattB](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/GeoMattB)
#### Post date: [January 10, 2023, 12:07am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/xmf-xdmf-failed-to-read-attribute-data-from-hdf5/11132/2 "2023-01-10T00:07:33Z")
Okay, I figured out what I was doing wrong. I have a slightly non-standard hdf5 file to work with.
This xmf works
[sed\_X\_Y\_Z.time10.xmf](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/short-url/8LUWwrsgEJXU3IgVjXzLCcZc2Qa.xmf) (1.7 KB)