+ SD_WORKSTATION_SHARED_ACCESS, /**< @brief Several tasks can be executed at the same time */
+ SD_WORKSTATION_SEQUENTIAL_ACCESS /**< @brief Only one task can be executed, the others wait in a FIFO. */
+} e_SD_workstation_access_mode_t;
+
+typedef enum {
+ SD_LINK_SHARED,
+ SD_LINK_FATPIPE
+} e_SD_link_sharing_policy_t;
+
+/** @brief Link datatype
+ @ingroup SD_datatypes_management
+
+ A link is a network node represented as a <em>name</em>, a <em>current
+ bandwidth</em> and a <em>current latency</em>. A route is a list of
+ links between two workstations.
+
+ @see SD_link_management */
+typedef struct SD_link *SD_link_t;
+
+/** @brief Task datatype
+ @ingroup SD_datatypes_management
+
+ A task is some <em>computing amount</em> that can be executed
+ in parallel on several workstations. A task may depend on other
+ tasks, this means that the task cannot start until the other tasks are done.
+ Each task has a <em>\ref e_SD_task_state_t "state"</em> indicating whether
+ the task is scheduled, running, done, etc.
+
+ @see SD_task_management */
+typedef struct SD_task *SD_task_t;
+
+/** @brief Task states
+ @ingroup SD_datatypes_management
+
+ @see SD_task_management */
+typedef enum {
+ SD_NOT_SCHEDULED = 0, /**< @brief Initial state (not valid for SD_watch and SD_unwatch). */
+ SD_SCHEDULABLE = 0x0001, /**< @brief A task becomes SD_SCHEDULABLE as soon as its dependencies are satisfied */
+ SD_SCHEDULED = 0x0002, /**< @brief A task becomes SD_SCHEDULED when you call function
+ SD_task_schedule. SD_simulate will execute it when it becomes SD_RUNNABLE. */
+ SD_RUNNABLE = 0x0004, /**< @brief A scheduled task becomes runnable is SD_simulate as soon as its dependencies are satisfied. */
+ SD_IN_FIFO = 0x0008, /**< @brief A runnable task can have to wait in a workstation fifo if the workstation is sequential */
+ SD_RUNNING = 0x0010, /**< @brief An SD_RUNNABLE or SD_IN_FIFO becomes SD_RUNNING when it is launched. */
+ SD_DONE = 0x0020, /**< @brief The task is successfully finished. */
+ SD_FAILED = 0x0040 /**< @brief A problem occurred during the execution of the task. */
+} e_SD_task_state_t;
+
+/** @brief Task kinds
+ @ingroup SD_datatypes_management
+
+ @see SD_task_management */
+typedef enum {
+ SD_TASK_NOT_TYPED = 0, /**< @brief no specified type */
+ SD_TASK_COMM_E2E = 1, /**< @brief end to end communication */
+ SD_TASK_COMP_SEQ = 2, /**< @brief sequential computation */
+ SD_TASK_COMP_PAR_AMDAHL = 3, /**< @brief parallel computation (Amdahl's law) */
+ SD_TASK_COMM_PAR_MXN_1D_BLOCK = 4 /**< @brief MxN data redistribution (1D Block distribution) */
+} e_SD_task_kind_t;
+