# The Basic Model Interface ## An Introduction through the [Five Ws](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Ws) ~ _Mark Piper and Eric Hutton_ <a href="https://csdms.colorado.edu"> <img align="center" width="80px" style="margin:-10px 0 20px 0" src="./assets/CSDMS-logo-nocolor.png"> </a> <!-- s --> # What? <img align="center" width="80px" style="margin:20px 0 10px 0" src="./assets/CSDMS-logo-nocolor.png"> <!-- v --> ## The Basic Model Interface (BMI) is a set of functions that standardizes how numerical models can be queried, modified, and run. <!-- s --> # Why? <img align="center" width="80px" style="margin:20px 0 10px 0" src="./assets/CSDMS-logo-nocolor.png"> <!-- v -->  <!-- s --> # Who? <img align="center" width="80px" style="margin:20px 0 10px 0" src="./assets/CSDMS-logo-nocolor.png"> <!-- v --> ## Model developers <!-- s --> # When? <img align="center" width="80px" style="margin:20px 0 10px 0" src="./assets/CSDMS-logo-nocolor.png"> <!-- v --> ## Whenever interoperability is a design requirement <!-- s --> # Where? <img align="center" width="80px" style="margin:20px 0 10px 0" src="./assets/CSDMS-logo-nocolor.png"> <!-- v --> ## [bmi.readthedocs.io](https://bmi.readthedocs.io) <!-- s --> # How? <img align="center" width="80px" style="margin:20px 0 10px 0" src="./assets/CSDMS-logo-nocolor.png"> <!-- v --> 1. ## [bmi-example-python](https://github.com/csdms/bmi-example-python) 2. ## [interactive notebooks on EarthscapeHub](https://explore.openearthscape.org/hub/user-redirect/git-pull?repo=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fcsdms%2Fbmi-example-python&urlpath=lab%2Ftree%2Fbmi-example-python%2Fexamples%2FREADME-bmi-example-python.ipynb%3Fautodecode&branch=master) 3. ## [bmi-example-python-grpc4bmi](https://github.com/csdms/bmi-example-python-grpc4bmi) <!-- s --> # Thank you! ## The Basic Model Interface: An Introduction ~ _Mark Piper and Eric Hutton_ <a href="https://csdms.colorado.edu"> <img align="center" width="80px" style="margin:-10px 0 20px 0" src="./assets/CSDMS-logo-nocolor.png"> </a>