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This document specifies the guidelines for using the |MESSAGEix| framework and the ix modeling platform. The aim of these guidelines is to ensure best scientific practice and collaborative development of the platform.
Documentation and further information is available at MESSAGEix.iiasa.ac.at. The framework is available for download at github.com/iiasa/message_ix. Please refer to the website and repository for the most up-to-date version of the code base.
The community mailing list for questions and discussions on new features is hosted using Googlegroups. Please join at groups.google.com/d/forum/message_ix and use <[email protected]> to send an email to the |MESSAGEix| user community.
Please cite the following manuscript when using the |MESSAGEix| framework and/or the ix modeling platform for scientific publications or technical reports:
Daniel Huppmann, Matthew Gidden, Oliver Fricko, Peter Kolp, Clara Orthofer, Michael Pimmer, Adriano Vinca, Alessio Mastrucci, Keywan Riahi, and Volker Krey. "The |MESSAGEix| Integrated Assessment Model and the ix modeling platform". 2018, submitted. Electronic pre-print available at pure.iiasa.ac.at/15157/.
Also, please include a hyperlink to the online resource MESSAGEix.iiasa.ac.at in any publication/report, or on a website describing your model or scientific analysis using the |MESSAGEix| framework.
Researchers are welcome to develop new model instances using the |MESSAGEix| framework for their own research interests. However, any such model must be named "MESSAGEix xxx" or "MESSAGEix-xxx", where 'xxx' is replaced by the name of the country/region, institutional affiliation or a similar identifying name. For example, the national model for South Africa developed by Orthofer et al. [1] is called "MESSAGEix South Africa".
Furthermore, please ensure that there is no naming conflict with existing versions of the |MESSAGEix| model family. When in doubt, please contact the IIASA Energy Program at <[email protected]>.
We would appreciate a notice of publications using the |MESSAGEix| framework and the ix modeling platform. Please send an e-mail to <[email protected]>.
We appreciate contributions to the code base and development of new features for the framework. Please refer to Contributor Guidelines for details.
[1] Clara Orthofer, Daniel Huppmann, and Volker Krey. "South Africa's shale gas resources - chance or challenge?" 2018, submitted. Electronic pre-print available at pure.iiasa.ac.at/15085/.