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MDSplus provides mechanisms to access data stored in 'non-native' file formats. These mechanisms have been used to create MDSplus bridges to:

1. MDS (original) data sets
2. TFTR data
3. PT data - DIIID
4. JPF/PPF data - JET
5. HDF5 files

among many others. Using these gateways, the mdsip network protocalls can be used to provide remote access to almost any data source. In addtion, all of the MDSplus data display and access tools can be used on these data.