Internationalization of the Requirements Interchange Format (IntRIF)

Term

2008 - 2010

Mission

Requirements management has been established in the industry as a primary method to get flawlessly from early product target definitions over the implementation up to the validation and testing phase. Despite its cross-functional nature requirements management is a key factor for successful integration of partners within the development cycle. Manufacturers specify requirements for their entire product as well as the aggregation of systems/components and their suppliers provide system specifications describing how their product will meet these needs. In order to manage the complexity growths requirements management systems have been introduced. These systems are used within an organizational context but can not really bridge the gap between manufacturers and suppliers, as only tool specific exchange formats and methods exist.

In order to address the circumstance of the unavailability of a generic requirements exchange format the “Simulation and Tools” Group of the HIS (Hersteller Initiative Software) specified the Requirement Interchange Format (RIF).


The RIF-specification has been handed over to the ProSTEP iViP Association to be published as ProSTEP iViP Recommendation. This Recommendation will serve as a basis for a future international standardization of the RIF to enable its broad application.

Scope of the IntRIF Project Group

• Facilitate seamless requirements exchange between different RM tools by providing a standardized XML format
• Ensuring application of RIF within automotive, without being branch-/automotive-specific
• International standardization of the Requirement Interchange Format
• Perform conformance tests/benchmarks in order to assure the implementation quality
  
  

Results achieved by the IntRIF Project Group

The RIF Meta Model is also available as Enterprise Architect Model and will be provided on request. The viewer can be found here.

Appointment

Chairman

ProSTEP iViP Contact

Participants