Updates:

• Brad: Top level Mesh BP Transforms Interface: ( https://github.com/LLNL/conduit/issues/932)
• Cyrus: Silo 4.12 and HDF5 2.0.0 released, and working updating Conduit.
• Justin: DSTI Proposal for Conduit Device Support
• Brad: Some updates for the MFEM Conduit Data Collection are needed, need to do Par Mesh from ADJ Set
• Cyrus: Added a few MFEM Enhancements for Quad Func support for Blueprint
• Comments:
  • c++17 will be needed as min standard for RAJA + Umpire support.
  • Brad has a branch that is an alternative for generate sides, it is many orders of mag faster than current support.

Future:

• Learn how to talk to S3 object stores as an end point for Conduit Nodes. - Strategy for Object Storage (S3) (libcurl example https://github.com/cedricve/AWS-S3-Cpp-REST-API)
• nanoarrow may open up new interop use cases (columnar i/o)
  • SciPy2024 talk on nanoarrow that provides good context: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIk6bvXgNug
• Stricter set semantics? https://github.com/LLNL/conduit/issues/941
• Blueprint Helpers:
  • Modify names of mesh bp entries (rename a topology, rename a field) (https://github.com/LLNL/conduit/issues/940).
• Blueprint to GLTF / ANARI.
• Blueprint to VTK (and mind the saga related to legacy vtk files)
• Explore ZFP (or even ZLIB) Compression in HDF5 for ML Ensemble Data (Floating Point Images / Regular Grids)
• El Cap Rabbits