XML File Formats¶
Quick links¶
Various GCAM tool (gt) sub-commands take input from XML files that are distinct from those read by the GCAM model itself. These include:
project.xml¶
The project.xml file describes all the workflow steps required to run a pygcam
project.
scenarios.xml¶
The scenarios.xml file provides instructions for modifying GCAM configuration files to generate desired scenarios. It can be used as an alternative to defining a custom Python module, though the latter provides greater customizability.
query.xml¶
The queries.xml file describes XML queries to run against the XML database generated by GCAM, including aggregation “rewrites” that are added on-the-fly.
rewriteSets.xml¶
The rewriteSets.xml file describes named sets of “rewrite” statements that can be referenced by queries in queries.xml.
landProtection.xml¶
The landProtection.xml file describes which types of unmanaged land should “protected”, (i.e., removed from economic consideration in the model), and at what percentages in each region.