Engineering eXchange For Free
Introduction
exff (pronounced "XF") began life in 2003 with the goal of enabling the use of ISO STEP standard engineering/industrial information models in a modelling and implementation environment based on the Unified Modeling LanguageTM (UMLTM). Since then the number of potential uses for the models and concepts behind exff, has grown leading to a new expanded scope for the project... and so the new name.
The major business rationale for exff remains supporting organizations in taking more advantage of modeling and implementation standards and standard models - and the ISO STEP standards in particular. In support of that goal, a variety of topics are now within the exff scope, including but not limited to the following:
- support for knowledge- and/or rule-based applications such as the Semantic Web;
- support for applications used in the definition of systems of systems;
- support for UML-driven software systems engineering and systems integration capabilities;
- support for the interchange of data from UML-based and other graphical notations (e.g. SysML) used by domain engineers;
- support for a variety of implementation methods such as file exchange and Web services
- support for enabling the population of existing and in-development Architecture Frameworks through tool exchange and integration.
License
The exff Project is developed under the Common Public License.
