Towards a Unified Platform for Integrating Documentation and Big Data Access in the RFX-mod2 Fusion Experiment

The RFX-mod experiment, now evolving into RFX-mod2, is an operational magnetically confined plasma physics experiment, located at Consorzio RFX premises, focused on studying the physics of fusion plasmas and magnetic confinement in Reversed Field Pinch (RFP) configuration. During the experiment, several significant improvements were made to the experimental setup, including mechanical modifications, updates to the electrical configuration, and enhancements to the CODAS (Control, Data Access, and Communication Systems). These changes, designed to increase the efficiency and reliability of the machine, will also provide researchers with an increasing amount of diagnostics, opening a view of the plasma phenomena with an unprecedented level of detail. This comes with a new challenge of handling such a large amount of data. This thesis presents the implementation of a unified platform to streamline experimental data access and documentation. The primary objective is to facilitate advanced data analytics by integrating a web-based application for managing semantic information from the experiment logbook with a query engine for efficient scientific data access. By providing a more accessible and integrated framework for data analysis, this unified system aims to improve the efficiency and reliability of the overall research workflow.