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In this paper we describe the model-based approach to tool qualification starting from the process model for the determination of the qualification need until the model for test and qualification. The model-based approach can automate many steps from checking the syntactical requirements completeness until the determination whether all requirements have been implemented and successfully tested. Many required documents like the “Tool Requirements Specification” or “Tool Test Specification” can be generated from the model. The model-based approach has been shown to fulfill all requirements from the DO-330 standard which describes tool qualification for avionic, automotive and other industries. Therefore the Eclipse Foundation has chosen this standard and proposed a roadmap to provide support for the development of qualifiable Eclipse-based tools. This paper describes the model-based approach and the roadmap of Eclipse to support this process.
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We would like to thank the Eclipse Foundation and it’s automotive industrial working group for supporting us in the development, especially Mario Driussi. Furthermore we like to thank Stefan Dirix and Natacha Tchebetchou for their contributions to the roadmap and BMW CarIT (Michael Rudorfer und Tilmann Ochs) to support the development of the demonstrator. For review comments we would like Jan Philipps and the unknown reviewers of this paper.
Especially we would like to thank all authors of the DO-330 to provide the first general safety standard for tool qualification that could be adopted for Eclipse so easily.
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Slotosch, O. (2014). Model-Based Tool Qualification. In: Cerone, A., et al. Information Technology and Open Source: Applications for Education, Innovation, and Sustainability. SEFM 2012. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 7991. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-54338-8_18
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