Difference between CTI and XML formats

[Johncen]

Hi,

I am new to Cantera. I happened to find many mechanisms stored in the library actually have two formats: CTI and XML. I was wondering what are the differences between these two formats? It seems to be the same while running calculations.

Thank you !

[Bryan W. Weber]

Hi,

The formats contain the same information (mostly). The main difference is that reading/writing XML files is a pain for humans, while the CTI syntax (very similar to Python syntax) is much easier. See here for more: http://cantera.org/docs/sphinx/html/cti/input-files.html#two-file-formats

Best,

Bryan

[Walter Dal'Maz Silva]

Hi,

Although I am aware of Bryan's remarks and most people prefer reading CTI, I adopted XML as my default working format because I can use an adapted editor (basic functionalities available in Eclipse, several commercial editors available with improved capabilities) to visualize the files in a tabular-like format. With comments being interpreted by the editor, I can easily navigate through files and use tree view in an improved fashion.

Regards,

Walter

[Johncen]

Hi Bryan,

Thanks for your help. Yes, the CTI format is more easier to read.

Best,

Johncen