Background

Opened during Tooling Conference Call on August 26,2010
Goal a draft for presentation at OHT Board Meeting 9/30 or 10/1 (Dues date around 9/23)

Description from Tooling Investment Strategy (from 2009)

Artifact Search and Select
- Query capability to return a set of artifact data based on selected meta-data matches
- Difference++
User Authentication
Artifact Management Control
- Artifact Metatdata Manager
  - Document artifact content and relationships
  - Artifact Identity and Version-Data Manager
    - Does not do Version Management, but does know same
    - Can accept externally defined Identities or create new ones when required (next)
  - Unique Identifier Generator (OID registry ability)
- Artifact Synchronizer++
  - Artifact Importer
    - Package Assembler
  - Artifact Exporter
    - Representation Transformer
APIs For other services such as the dependent functions (++ above)

++ Are function that depends upon (Needs, is dying for) a SAR, but is not part thereof

Architectural Principles Underlying a Shared Artifact Repository include: