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Code interfaces and data structures

Standardization of formats and interfaces Machine descriptions

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• Goal : to have different codes exchanging data in a common format

• Key elements :

– Common definition of data agree on data structure, definitions, and units. Part of it is to eliminate all hard-coded machine-dependent features : codes must use a generic tokamak description

– Platform : common environment allowing to exchange the data between the codes

• Although different choices may be used by the various Integrated Modelling initiatives/projects …

• … some degree of convergence is desirable, as a prefiguration of the common work of the parties on ITER

A short introduction

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• SWIM Project (USA)

– D. Bernholdt : The SWIM Integrated Plasma Simulator (20 + 5 minutes)

• Code interface development activities in Japan

– A. Fukuyama (20 + 5 minutes)

• Integrated Tokamak Modelling Task Force (Europe) :

– B. Guillerminet : overview of the Infrastructure and Software Integration Project (15 + 5 min)

– M. Airaj : status and results from the ITM scientific workflow with KEPLER (15 + 5 min)

– F. Imbeaux : data structure (15 + 5 min)

• Discussion : 20 minutes

Session outline