ADL 2 Workbench Release
Releases | Dec. 4, 2014, 2 p.m.
A new release of the ADL Workbench is available. It implements the latest draft of the ADL/AOM 2 formalism. From the release notes:
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Archetype Object Model / compiler:
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New flattener, with specialise-and-clone, numerous edge cases fixed.
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Improvements in specialised archetype validation
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New meta-data items now supported:
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rm_release=n.m.p - top-level meta-data
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original_publisher: String - name of original publishing organisation
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original_namespace: String - namespace of original publishing organisation
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custodian_organisations: String - name of the current custodian organisation
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custodian_namespace: String - namespace of current custodian organisation
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licence: String - short text and URL pointing to licence under which this artefact is available
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ip_acknowledgements: Map<String, String> - keyed list of 3rd party IP acknowledgements, each consisting of a single word key, and a short text and URL pointing to the online text describing how the IP available for this artefact.
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conversion_details: Map<String, String> - keyed list of values indicating details of conversion from an external artefact, where applicable.
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Tool functionality:
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New method of specifying archetype repositories uses self-describing repository/library structure
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One-click template creation
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Automatic conversion of ADL 1.4 'other_details' meta-data to ADL 2 form
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Visualisation:
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Lazy load template visualiser mode to handle very large template structures
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Improved colour / font scheme in inheritance visualisation mode
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New Description / Governance sub-tab containing ADL 2 meta-data.
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New Clients/Suppliers top-level tab showing client (user) archetypes containing use_archetype references to the current archetype, and supplier archetypes, i.e. archetypes for which the current archetype has a use_archetype reference.
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