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 The sharable artefacts come in 3 forms, and each one builds on the previous. These are:<br><br></p>
 <h3>Transformation and testing models</h3>
  <p>Eclipse Free BIRD Tools provides a set of UML class diagrams named <a href="aorta.html">AORTA</a> for  describing  semantic transformations and tests.<br><br>
   These models supplement and link to the existing SMCubes UML model and Logical Data Model which already exist in BIRD to describe <a href="metadata.html">Meta Data</a>. <br><br>
   The semantic transformations model links to the Logical Data Model, and the testing model link to the semantic transformations model to demonstrate full test coverage.<br><br>
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  This is inspired by BPMN which is a notation for describing business processes. <br><br>
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   This means that if software tools implement the standard exactly then they can all open and edit visually  the same text version of a business process. This has enable the development of <a href="https://bpmnmatrix.github.io/">over 70 tools</a>  for BPMN  </p>

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  <p>Using the mature and well supported open source Eclipse Modelling Framework, we provide a set of software components for visualizing, navigating, creating, editing, persisting, querying, transforming, migrating, refactoring, and forward engineering models and instances of the models.<br><br>
   These are released with a commercially friendly open source license, and can be used in commercial software. <br><br>
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   They are also combined into a usable application.<br><br>
   The Eclipse Modelling Framework itself has many companies offering free and commercial support, and it is used in for industry by companies such as Bosch, Seimens , Thales, Nasa, and also in a number of banks. </p>


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	<h3>Transformation and testing models</h3>
	<p>Eclipse Free BIRD Tools provides a set of UML class diagrams named <a href="aorta.html">AORTA</a> for describing semantic transformations and tests.<br><br>
	These models supplement and link to the existing SMCubes UML model and Logical Data Model which already exist in BIRD to describe <a href="metadata.html">Meta Data</a>. <br><br>
	The semantic transformations model links to the Logical Data Model, and the testing model link to the semantic transformations model to demonstrate full test coverage.<br><br>
	The semantic transformation model and Logical Data Model can be considered together as a semantic layer. <br><br>
	These models are provided as documented diagrams at <a href="model_documentation.html">Models</a> and are completely technology independent. <br><br>
	Note that the class diagrams have only attributes and relationships , and no operations, which keeps them simple. <br><br>
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	<p>Eclipse Free BIRD Tools provides a visual <a href="notation.html">Notation</a> for displaying instances of the models, and a text notation for storing these, allowing for interoperability between any tool that adopts the same notation. <br><br>
	This is inspired by BPMN which is a notation for describing business processes. <br><br>
	BPMN is managed my the Object Management Group standard body, who also manage UML. <br><br>
	BPMN has a model at its core, a well documented way of describing instances of the model visually, and a formal way of storing instances of the model as text.<br><br>
	This means that if software tools implement the standard exactly then they can all open and edit visually the same text version of a business process. This has enable the development of <a href="https://bpmnmatrix.github.io/">over 70 tools</a> for BPMN </p>

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	<p>Using the mature and well supported open source Eclipse Modelling Framework, we provide a set of software components for visualizing, navigating, creating, editing, persisting, querying, transforming, migrating, refactoring, and forward engineering models and instances of the models.<br><br>
	These are released with a commercially friendly open source license, and can be used in commercial software. <br><br>
	These components are available on the <a href="https://github.com/eclipse/efbt">EFBT Github Repository</a> along with a <a href="https://github.com/eclipse/efbt/wiki">wiki</a> giving technical advice of how to build and deploy them.
	They are also combined into a usable application.<br><br>
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