Physiology Data Structure

Architecture

Physiology data will be organized into a tree structure following gross anatomy. Systems & compartments will be placed in the deepest appropriate node.

Design Motivation

Philosophical

• Support differing levels of detail for any future physiology engines.
• Allow for simple subscription to all data available for a node.
• Provide logical structure to aid in locating desired data.

Technical

• Provide a canonical node path as a key for a given variable.
• Allow for subscriptions to target only the required data, limiting required throughput.
• Decouple module QoS requirements for given data from data category.