Integration
is one of the primary requisites in the application lifecycle
management process for an accomplished software development. In the
traditional setup it was a challenge to develop integration due to
its brittle nature, and a great amount of rework was required when a
new release of the existing product was deployed. As the integration
of products from multiple vendors was a complicated task it led to
closed implementations. There was no scope for a viable option and
you would have had to resort to a restrictive and rigid strategy.
The
new-age technology provides OSLC
integration or Open Services for Lifecycle Collaboration.
This is an open community that facilitates the creation of
specifications for tools integration purposes. Independent software
and product lifecycle tools integrate their data and workflow with
the help of these specifications. Such as software development life
cycle tools can be used for tracking defects, for requirements
management and test management for integration of the data
and workflows for an end-to-end lifecycle process.
The
OSLC group helps to effectively address individual integration
domains like configuration management, change management,
requirements management and test management. Each group explores the
integration environment and sets specifications for the lifecycle
artifacts to provide maximum support. The community specifies the
rules for the usage of HTTP and RDF that all groups must comply with.
OSLC creates specifications to allow two tools to collaborate
seamlessly.
OSLC
provides two methods of tools integration. One is by linking data via
HTTP and the other method is by linking data via the HTML User
Interface. The first method specifies a common procedure for the
creation, retrieval, updating and deletion of lifecycle data as per
the HTTP and RDP criteria with the help of the linked data technique.
The procedure can be used by other tools and programs to collaborate
amongst themselves.
In
the second method the OSLC specifies a code that enables a tool or a
client to display a portion of the web user interface of another
tool, and facilitates you to link to a new or existing resource
within another tool or see a glimpse of the resource that exists in
another tool. This capability provides you with enhanced functions
and efficient privileges.
You
will not be able to achieve a complete and effective ALM
integration process and desired results with independent and
different tools. Without the OSLC integration the application
development process will not be able to provide you with increased
traceability. This can result in wastage of time and poor quality
performances.
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