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| ARTiSAN Launches ARTiSAN Studio Version 6.1 ARTiSAN Software Tools launches ARTiSAN Studio 6.1. ARTiSAN Studio 6.1 incorporates an extensive range of new features and functionality including an out-of-the-box, easy-to-use solution for SysML requirements modeling, a practical solution for template-based Model Driven Architecture transformation of state machines, XML Metadata Interchange 2.1 support, a range of usability enhancements as well as repository-based configuration management for model-driven, team-based software development. With the standardization of SysML nearing finalization, and as part of ARTiSAN's ongoing support for SysML, ARTiSAN Studio 6.1 provides an easy-to-use, out-of-the-box solution for SysML requirements modeling in a UML/SysML model that supports a range of safety-related process standards such as DO178B for avionics software, IEC/DIN/EN 61508 for automotive and other safety-critical applications, CENELEC DIN/EN 50126, 50128, 50129 for railway transportation and DO254 for hardware. The new SysML Requirements Profile brings textual requirements to the UML world by making use of ARTiSAN Studio's advanced Ergonomic Profiling capabilities to provide new menus, diagrams and a browser for exploring systems requirements and traceability relationships. It supports a wide external tool chain allowing textual requirements to be displayed and traced inside the UML/SysML model and synchronization with requirements held in external tools such as DOORS, RequisitePro, Word, Excel and Access. ARTiSAN Studio 6.1 also supports the OMG's concept of Model Driven Architecture with a practical and usable solution that provides a fast, single-step process for transforming state machines into code. ARTiSAN's Template Development Kit provides a technology for configuring the model-to-code transformations to support in-house standards, key hardware/software constraints, target-ready code and reusable design patterns. When the templates are changed, the TDK will automatically re-build the DLL that performs the model-to-code transformation. ARTiSAN Studio 6.1 introduces a new repository-based configuration management capability in support of model-driven, team-based software development. Aligned with the built-in change tracking facility, the internal versioning provides a significantly enhanced ability to efficiently baseline large models to support key review and audit processes. Also included is the ability to create private views of the repository. This new private sandbox technology provides a model-friendly environment for isolating individual software developers working on implementation models without the complexity of an external configuration management tool. Both change tracking and private sandboxes understand the complexity of the model and support a fine granularity of element locking to reduce developer conflict and automatically maintain consistent models. As part of ARTiSAN's UML 2 compliance strategy, ARTiSAN Studio 6.1 also delivers leading support for XML Metadata Interchange 2.1 functionality. XMI enables the exchange of data between UML modeling tools and metadata repositories and is especially important for supporting third party add-ins built in Eclipse. XMI is important for ARTiSAN's role as a hub for profile-based extensibility. Using Ergonomic Profiling, domain-specific languages for Architectural Frameworks such as DoDAF, MoDAF and automotive domains such as AUTOSAR can be built upon a UML compliant metamodel enabling the exploitation and support of existing tools and the sharing of data with repositories such as MoDAF's M3. write your comments about the article :: © 2006 Computing News :: home page |