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Phase 1 : Explore feasibility of XML to Java Applet Pathway (Sep't 1999 - August 2000)

  1. Design XML vocabulary, tag set structure for markup of diagrams and diagram pathways, and XML-to-Java source code compiler.

    [XML to Java Applet Development Pathway ]

Phase 2 : Develop Platform-Independent Diagram Editor (June, 2001 -- present)

  1. Create a click-and-drop editor for development of "Collections of Java-Enabled Diagrams." Knowledge Capture for Systems Engineering is enabled through: (1) Diagram annotation features, (2) Links to heterogenous data and information sources on the web, and (3) File and database storage.

    [Integrated Environment ]

    Figure: Tools and Technologies for Knowledge Capture in Systems Engineering

  2. We are currently working on the right-hand side of this diagram. Future versions of the editor will import of XML representations of diagrams, requirements, and systems stored in commerical databases (e.g., Oracle).

Section 4-1: April 2002. [Left] [Up] [Right]