Eclipse Project Hyades to Implement UML Test Profile
- Automated Software Quality (ASQ) Project Works to Release U2TP Drivers Into Open-Source Community
RALEIGH, NC--April 15, 2003--Eclipse project Hyades announced today its
commitment to release an open-source implementation of the UML 2 Test
Profile specification (U2TP), which was submitted to the Object
Management Group (OMG) on March 3, 2003. The U2TP specification was
well received by the OMG and is scheduled for approval at the next
Technical Meeting in June 2003.
The Hyades project will provide full lifecycle integration of advanced
test and trace facilities for Automated Software Quality (ASQ) and
boasts some leading software companies in its membership, including
IBM's WebSphere and Rational Software divisions, Parasoft, Scapa
Technologies, Telelogic and SAP. Hyades today also welcomed Eclipse
member Fraunhofer Institute for Open-Communication Systems (FOKUS),
which led the U2TP specification initiative as an active project
participant.
Hyades is committed to implementing the U2TP which is expected to be
formally adopted by the OMG later in 2003. The U2TP specification itself
can be found at www.fokus.fraunhofer.de/u2tp.
Facilities to manage and manipulate U2TP-based test models inside the
Eclipse workbench through the Eclipse Modeling Framework are already available
at www.eclipse.org/hyades.
The Hyades implementation will track changes to the U2TP model and the
underlying UML 2 language as these standards move towards final adoption
and contribute coordinated feedback into the finalization process.
Mike Norman, Hyades project lead and CEO of Scapa Technologies,
commented, "The implementation of the U2TP standard in the Eclipse
framework offers the Automated Software Quality community an
opportunity to move from poorly-integrated, proprietary testing and
tracing solutions to a set of interoperable tools based around open
standards inside a universal tools platform. The Hyades project is
building this interoperability layer for the benefit of the whole
Eclipse ecosystem and we look forward to working with FOKUS to that
end."
FOKUS has been involved in defining test profiles for a variety of
telecom and datacom technologies and instrumental in driving
standardization initiatives in the OMG and the European
Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI).
Ina Schieferdecker, Head of the Competence Center for Testing,
Interoperability and Performance (TIP) within FOKUS, led the U2TP
specification process. On joining Hyades, Dr Schieferdecker said, "The
U2TP work is now moving from specification to implementation. By
joining Hyades at this time we will provide continuity as this
important emerging standard is implemented for the benefit of the whole
Eclipse ecosystem-from Enterprise software through to embedded
systems."
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