The phase-feld method has been established as a de facto standard for simulating the microstructural evolution of materials. In quantitative modeling the assessment and compilation of thermodynamic/kinetic data is largely dominated by the CALPHAD approach, which has produced a large set of experimentally and computationally generated Gibbs free energy and atomic mobility data in a standardized format: the thermodynamic database (TDB) fle format. Harnessing this data for the purpose of phase-feld modeling is an ongoing effort encompassing a wide variety of approaches. (nhnhanh)