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==Definition==

MDS stands for the&nbsp;'''''Mapping Description String'''''.

In DIVA, when you need to visualize a variable, you will map it to some mapping nodes in&nbsp;[[MappingDialog]]&nbsp;at first time. However, it can only take minutes, re-doing it is annoying and time consuming. You must connect so many mapping node to the ports you want, nobody want to repeat the action too many times. So we provide the save and load function in xDIVA. You can save the mapping result into a file called&nbsp;'''''MDS file'''''.

When we want to visualize an object, if there's a compatible MDS file, DIVA will reconstructs the xMappingTree from this MDS file. So you don't need to re-map the Mapping Node in&nbsp;[[MappingDialog]].