The KIM Repository contains many types of items and data. Much of this content is available through a standard web query interface that can be accessed from many programming languages and computing platforms, as well as from some KIM-compliant simulation codes. See Querying KIM Content for more information. Further, KIM Portable Models (PMs), Simulator Models (SMs), and Model Drivers (MDs) are source code packages that are meant to be downloaded and installed on a user's system so that they can be easily used with a KIM-Compliant simulation code. The KIM project tries to make Obtaining KIM Models as easy as possible. Thus, the KIM API includes the kim-api-collections-management utility that automatically downloads and installs PMs, SMs, and MDs. The API itself can be easily installed as a conda-forge package. The KIM project also tries to make it easy to Use KIM Models within a simulator code. This is achieved by working with the developers of a simulator to design and implement a natrual mechanism for performing simulations with a KIM PM or SM by specifying appropriate input commands. A public Binder sandbox is available for users to experiment with some features of OpenKIM.
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