Next generation data interchange: tool-to-tool application program interfaces
Next generation data interchange: tool-to-tool application program interfaces
复制标题
下一代数据交换:工具到工具的应用程序接口
DOI:
10.1109/wcre.2000.891479
复制
发表时间:
2000
期刊:
影响因子:
--
通讯作者:
S. Sim
中科院分区:
文献类型:
--
作者:
S. Sim
Data interchange in the form of a standard exchange format (SEF) is only a first step rewards 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. The paper argues that such an API is a logical next step that builds on the current drive towards an SEF. It presents high-level descriptions of three approaches to tool-to-tool APIs and illustrates how requirements for the SEF also apply to the API.