eWEEK: IBM Gears Up for Modeling | Linux Today

eWEEK: IBM Gears Up for Modeling

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Sep 9, 2002

“IBM is readying new features for its open-source development
platform that will speed application development, but what users
are most intrigued by is planned full support for Model Driven
Architecture.

“The support for MDA, which will be included in Eclipse Version
2.0 when it is released this fall, will enable developers to create
applications based on models rather than hand coding, which also
reduces cost.

“To make it happen, IBM will tap its EMF (Eclipse Modeling
Framework) technology and incorporate it into Eclipse 2.0,
according to company officials. MDA will be a core development
technology for integrating tools with Eclipse…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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