OMG and the EDM Council: Openness Put to the Test
The OMG was acquired by the EDM Council. This is relevant to systems engineering because of the many OMG standards.
The Eclipse Foundation turns 20: The most interesting SE projects
In recent years, the Eclipse Foundation has shifted its focus from Java development to systems engineering.
Eclipse tools for systems engineering in 2023
The Eclipse Foundation is a non-profit organization that is primarily known as an open source development environment for Java programming. However, Eclipse is a platform on which many systems engineering tools are based. A few years ago (2020), the Foundation established a separate non-profit organization in Europe to better serve the needs of the continent. What...
Eclipse Foundation focuses on Europe
Eclipse is a software platform known for popular systems engineering programs such as Papyrus and Capella. The Eclipse Foundation, based in Canada, initially had a strong North American focus. However, a large proportion of its activities have long been taking place in Europe. With the establishment of a new European non-profit organization, this trend is set to continue for a good...
Capella and ARCADIA at Thales: Should tool and method be coupled?
A lot has already been reported about Eclipse on these pages, and also about the PolarSys working group, which deals with the development of embedded systems with Eclipse-based tools. Today we are talking about Capella, a tool from the PolarSys toolbox, and a method called ARCADIA. Two things are of interest to the reader here: On the one hand,...
A first look at Papyrus for Information Modeling (with video)
A while ago, I promised to take a look at the Neon-based Papyrus. As many already know, Papyrus is an Eclipse project for UML modeling. I have already reported on Papyrus several times. Here are the first impressions of Papyrus for Information Modeling. Note: The syscamp.nord will take place on 20.10.2018 in Hamburg. Details and tickets (from €50) online...
Groundbreaking changes to Eclipse Papyrus?
That's what a short, pithy saying can become: At the end of last year, jaxenter asked me which software product had disappointed me in 2015. Unfortunately, I couldn't help but mention Papyrus, an Eclipse component for modeling in UML and SysML. This statement was picked up by the Papyrus blog, whereupon jaxenter started a respectful dialog in German and English with...
What is PolarSys?
PolarSys is two things: an "Eclipse Industry Working Group", i.e. a working group at the Eclipse Foundation, membership of which is subject to a fee. A collection of tools for use in system development, which is managed by the aforementioned group. Behind the Industry Working Group (IWG) are industrial heavyweights such as Thales, Airbus and Ericsson. These have been using...
Systems Engineering at the EclipseCon Europe 2015
Eclipse - traditionally better known for Java development - has been trying to get a foothold in systems development for several years now. There was plenty of evidence of this at EclipseCon Europe this year, and my own talk, openETCS - Eclipse in the Rail Domain, was also about this topic. Not only in...
