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National Unified Operational Prediction Capability
NUOPC Layer Reference
ESMF 8.8.1
Content Standards Committee (CSC) Members
April 18, 2025
Contents
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Description
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Design and Implementation Notes
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Generic Components
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Component Specialization
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Partial Specialization
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Field Dictionary
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Field Dictionary file
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Preloaded Field Dictionary
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Metadata
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Driver Component Metadata
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Model Component Metadata
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Mediator Component Metadata
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Connector Component Metadata
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3
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State Metadata
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3
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Field Metadata
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Initialization
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Phase Maps, Semantic Specialization Labels, and Component Labels
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Field Pairing
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4
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Namespaces
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4
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Using Coupling Sets for Coupling Multiple Nests
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4
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Connection Options
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4
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Data-Dependencies during Initialize
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4
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Transfer of Grid/Mesh/LocStream Objects between Components
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4
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Field and Grid/Mesh/LocStream Reference Sharing
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4
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Field Mirroring
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Timekeeping
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Component Hierarchies
2
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Resource Control and Threaded Components
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External NUOPC Interface
3
API
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Generic Component: NUOPC_Driver
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NUOPC_DriverAddComp
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NUOPC_DriverAddComp
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NUOPC_DriverAddComp
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NUOPC_DriverAddRunElement
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NUOPC_DriverAddRunElement
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NUOPC_DriverAddRunElement
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NUOPC_DriverEgestRunSequence
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NUOPC_DriverGet
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NUOPC_DriverGetComp
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NUOPC_DriverGetComp
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NUOPC_DriverGetComp
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NUOPC_DriverGetComp
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NUOPC_DriverIngestRunSequence
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NUOPC_DriverIngestRunSequence
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NUOPC_DriverNewRunSequence
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NUOPC_DriverPrint
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NUOPC_DriverSetRunSequence
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Generic Component: NUOPC_ModelBase
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Generic Component: NUOPC_Model
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NUOPC_ModelGet
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Generic Component: NUOPC_Mediator
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NUOPC_MediatorGet
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Generic Component: NUOPC_Connector
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NUOPC_ConnectorGet
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NUOPC_ConnectorSet
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General Generic Component Methods
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NUOPC_CompAreServicesSet
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NUOPC_CompAreServicesSet
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NUOPC_CompAttributeAdd
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NUOPC_CompAttributeAdd
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NUOPC_CompAttributeEgest
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NUOPC_CompAttributeEgest
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NUOPC_CompAttributeGet
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NUOPC_CompAttributeGet
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NUOPC_CompAttributeGet
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NUOPC_CompAttributeGet
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NUOPC_CompAttributeGet
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NUOPC_CompAttributeGet
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NUOPC_CompAttributeGet
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NUOPC_CompAttributeGet
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NUOPC_CompAttributeIngest
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NUOPC_CompAttributeIngest
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NUOPC_CompAttributeIngest
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NUOPC_CompAttributeIngest
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NUOPC_CompAttributeReset
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NUOPC_CompAttributeReset
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NUOPC_CompAttributeSet
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NUOPC_CompAttributeSet
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NUOPC_CompAttributeSet
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NUOPC_CompAttributeSet
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NUOPC_CompAttributeSet
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NUOPC_CompAttributeSet
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NUOPC_CompCheckSetClock
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NUOPC_CompDerive
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NUOPC_CompDerive
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NUOPC_CompFilterPhaseMap
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NUOPC_CompFilterPhaseMap
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NUOPC_CompGet
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NUOPC_CompGet
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NUOPC_CompSearchPhaseMap
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NUOPC_CompSearchPhaseMap
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NUOPC_CompSearchRevPhaseMap
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NUOPC_CompSearchRevPhaseMap
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NUOPC_CompSetClock
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NUOPC_CompSetEntryPoint
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NUOPC_CompSetEntryPoint
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NUOPC_CompSetInternalEntryPoint
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NUOPC_CompSetServices
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NUOPC_CompSetVM
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NUOPC_CompSpecialize
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NUOPC_CompSpecialize
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Field Dictionary Methods
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NUOPC_FieldDictionaryAddEntry
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NUOPC_FieldDictionaryEgest
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NUOPC_FieldDictionaryGetEntry
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NUOPC_FieldDictionaryHasEntry
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NUOPC_FieldDictionaryMatchSyno
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NUOPC_FieldDictionarySetSyno
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NUOPC_FieldDictionarySetup
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NUOPC_FieldDictionarySetup
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Free Format Methods
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NUOPC_FreeFormatAdd
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NUOPC_FreeFormatCreate
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NUOPC_FreeFormatCreate
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NUOPC_FreeFormatDestroy
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NUOPC_FreeFormatGet
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NUOPC_FreeFormatGetLine
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NUOPC_FreeFormatLog
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NUOPC_FreeFormatPrint
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Utility Routines
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NUOPC_AddNamespace
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NUOPC_AddNestedState
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NUOPC_Advertise
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NUOPC_Advertise
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NUOPC_AdjustClock
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NUOPC_CheckSetClock
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NUOPC_GetAttribute
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NUOPC_GetAttribute
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NUOPC_GetAttribute
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NUOPC_GetStateMemberLists
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NUOPC_GetStateMemberCount
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NUOPC_GetTimestamp
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NUOPC_IngestPetList
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NUOPC_IngestPetList
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NUOPC_IsAtTime
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NUOPC_IsAtTime
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NUOPC_IsConnected
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NUOPC_IsConnected
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NUOPC_IsUpdated
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NUOPC_IsUpdated
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NUOPC_NoOp
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NUOPC_Realize
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NUOPC_Realize
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NUOPC_Realize
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NUOPC_Realize
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NUOPC_Realize
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NUOPC_SetAttribute
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NUOPC_SetAttribute
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NUOPC_SetTimestamp
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NUOPC_SetTimestamp
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NUOPC_SetTimestamp
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NUOPC_SetTimestamp
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NUOPC_SetTimestamp
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Auxiliary Routines
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NUOPC_Write
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NUOPC_Write
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NUOPC_Write
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NUOPC_Write
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NUOPC_Write
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Standardized Component Dependencies
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Fortran components that are statically built into the executable
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Fortran components that are provided as shared libraries
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Components that are loaded during run-time as shared objects
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Components that depend on components
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Components written in C/C++
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NUOPC Layer Compliance
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The Compliance Checker
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The Component Explorer
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Appendix A: Run Sequence Implementation
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Appendix B: Initialize Phase Definition Versions
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NUOPC_Driver IPD implementation
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NUOPC_ModelBase IPD implementation
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NUOPC_Model IPD implementation
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Initialize Phase Specialization - label_SetClock
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Initialize Phase Specialization - label_DataInitialize
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Run Phase Specialization - label_SetRunClock
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Run Phase Specialization - label_CheckImport
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Run Phase Specialization - label_Advance
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Run Phase Specialization - label_TimestampExport
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Finalize Phase Specialization - label_Finalize
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NUOPC_Mediator IPD implementation
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NUOPC_Connector IPD implementation
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