The eXtensible Data Model and Format: A High Performance Data Hub for Connecting Parallel Codes and Tools
Jerry Clarke, Raju R. Namburu · 2001
The eXtensible Data Model and Format (XDMF) provides a performance friendly system to integrate high performance computing (HPC) codes, analysis tools, and user interfaces into a single end user application. Based on industry standards, XDMF allows codes to exist in a modem computing environment with minimal modification. Instead of imposing a new programming paradigm on HPC codes, XDMF uses the existing concept of file input/output (I/O) for distributed coordination. XDMF incorporates Network Distributed Global Memory (NDGM), Hierarchical Data Format version 5 (HDF5), and eXtensible Markup Language (XML) to provide a flexible yet efficient data exchange mechanism.