6 EFICAS is the acronym of ' Editeur de FIchier de Commandes et Analyseur Sémantique'.
7 That means that EFICAS allows users to write a parameter file for a code.
8 It handles whith syntax and semantics.
9 It avoids misuse of commands which are not allowed in a given context.
10 It insures integrity of the file.
16 EFICAS can be used by multiple codes and handles with multiple versions of each code. It is customized with files named "Catalogue" : It contains all commands for a code. Each command has a name and parametres which are defined by developpers.
21 Eficas's output is a commands file named ".comm". It may be able to produce various file formats such as .xml for OpenTurns. However, you always must have a '.comm" output: this is the only format Eficas is able to reread.
23 Both Command Files and Catalogs are python file. So you have to remind some