E-design based on the reuse paradigm

• Published in: Design, Automation, and Test in Europe: Proceedings of the conference on Design, automation and test in Europe; 04-08 Mar. 2002 pp. 214 - 220
• Main Authors: Ghanrni, L., Ghrab, A., Hamdoun, M., Missaoui, B., Saucier, G., Skiba, K.
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 2002
• Subjects: Collaboration; Design engineering; Electronic components; File servers; Intellectual property; Internet; Java; Network servers; Web server; XML
• ISBN: 0769514715; 9780769514710
• ISSN: 1530-1591; 1558-1101
• DOI: 10.1109/DATE.2002.998272

This paper gives an overview on a virtual electronic component or IP (Intellectual Property) exchange infrastructure whose main components are a XML "well structured IP e-catalog Builder/spl trade/" and a " XML IP profiler/spl trade/." While the first module is an e-publishing and an exchange management module, the second has as a role the extraction from the design directories the IP files and to trigger their transfer to the user site possibly via an IP distribution server under the catalog control. Direct design file extraction from commercial configuration systems such as CVS and Clearcase is supported. Also it is pointed out that the architecture supports, if required, a network of IP distribution servers to prevent a performance bottleneck when exchanging IPs; both modules have been implemented respectively in Java Servlet and as a Java client/server application.