Advanced System Engineering Automation (ASEA).
Abstract
Information is one of the most important products of the systems and software development life cycle, and today's computer-based tools do not fully exploit it. In general, currently available tools operate in isolation from each other, exist on incompatible platforms, are difficult to learn to use, may have excessive per user costs, and have limited supported lifetimes. This report describes the development of an open integration framework, known as Catalyst, which was designed to increase the effectiveness of system and specialty engineers. Through a software "building block" approach, the Catalyst concept supports the engineering, communication, and management activities of a system software development. Catalyst, based on a Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA), provides for the creation of a unified web of interrelated system data that can be browsed, analyzed, corrected, manipulated, and moved from tool to tool. These capabilities help to capture, preserve, access, and fully utilize the information created during the system software life cycle, as well as support the evolution and modernization of a project's tool suite.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 1998
- Accession Number
- ADA358673
Entities
People
- John Faure