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Next Generation Data Interchange: Tool-to-Tool Application Program Interfaces

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Next Generation Data Interchange: Tool-to-Tool Application Program Interfaces
Data interchange in the form of a standard exchange format(SEF) is only a first step towards tool interoperability. Inter-tool communication using files is slow and cumbersome; a better approach would be an application program interface, or API, that allowed tools to communicate with each other directly. This paper argues such an AP is a logical next step that builds on the current drive towards an SEF. It presents high-level descriptions of three approaches to tool-totool APIs and illustrates how requirements for the SEF also apply to the API. Keywords standard exchange format, API, tool interoperability, library, protocol, framework
Susan Elliott Sim
Added 01 Aug 2010
Updated 01 Aug 2010
Type Conference
Year 2000
Where WCRE
Authors Susan Elliott Sim
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