Welcome to the CDIF homepage! CDIF is a group of tool vendors, users, and system integrators sharing the vision that modelling tools, such as CASE tools, should understand each other and interoperate seamlessly.

To that end, the CDIF Technical Committee produces tool interoperability specifications that are standardized by the Electronic Industries Association, and by the International Standards Organization.

CDIF Overview and Introduction Intro to CDIF Goals and Principles FAQ and what to do with questions CDIF technical overview information on-line (see also below Current Work) CDIF Conformance CDIF organization and officers CDIF process how to obtain CDIF standards how to become a CDIF member stay up-to-date: CDIF mailing list

CDIF News CDIF officers election Dec. 1997: Woody Pidcock, Charles (cq) Rehberg and Johannes Ernst. Now two papers on how to use the CDIF Transfer Format with the UML Meta-model for UML 1.1. Object Management Group asks for CDIF compatible Transfer Format (contact: Johannes Ernst) June 1997: JTC1/SC7 initiates international "study period" on mapping CDIF, STEP and OMG (UML) meta-models (contact: Woody Pidcock)

Upcoming CDIF and related events CDIF meeting in February 1998, collocated with the Object Management Group.

Published CDIF Standards how to obtain CDIF standards CDIF architecture (Framework for Modelling and Extensibility, Foundation Subject Area) CDIF file-based Transfer Format (General Rules for Syntaxes and Encodings, SYNTAX.1, ENCODING.1) CDIF Common Subject Area CDIF Data Flow Model Subject Area CDIF Data Modeling Subject Area Node-Edge Diagrams (CDIF Presentation Location & Connectivity Subject Area)

Current CDIF Work Update of the CDIF Framework and Transfer Format Object-oriented Analysis and Design Subject Area Data Definition Subject Area Project Management Subject Areas Computer-Aided Control Systems Design Subject Areas State/Event Modelling Subject Area Physical (Object-)Relational Database Subject Area

Other information CDIF vendors upcoming meetings CDIF active members CDIF former members standards harmonization and integration Submit a change request to a CDIF Published Standard or Draft CDIF slides (intro, standards) misc. papers

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