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~  contributed by Dr. Rocco Moretti SimpleMetrics in protocols By Dr. Rocco Moretti, Associate Professor, Meiler Lab, Vanderbilt SimpleMetrics are a flexible way to perform analysis on your structures. They are a much cleaner way of performing such an analysis when compared to the previous approach of commandeering the reporting functionality of RosettaScripts Filters. However, the initial implementation required that any SimpleMetric be accessed through the RunSimpleMetrics mover. This meant that using SimpleMetrics was sometimes more laborious than using an equivalent Filter, due to Filters being accessible directly from the PROTOCOLS section of the RosettaScripts XML. To make SimpleMetrics easier to use, a `metrics` attribute was added to the `Add` tags in the PROTOCOLS section. This way, adding a SimpleMetric report as a stage in the protocol is as easy as adding an additional Mover or Filter. One consideration in this implementation is how to determine the name under which the r