Technical Details
The information in this section is provided for those who wish to better understand the mechanisms which MDS uses to perform the bridge operations, and for developers or professional services who may wish to extend the bridge for their own specific use. This information is not necessary to understand if one simply wishes to use the bridge.
The ability to exchange metadata with a tool is provided by either using the MDS GUI interface or, in a batch environment, by using a VBScript file. Each method uses the MDS XSLT file developed for the tool’s XML. The XSLT file transforms the tools CWM/XMI into MetaXML schema-formatted XML.
If MDS has not certified a tool’s exported XML, that XML will not be able to be imported into the MDS repository. See the “Supported Tools” section for the current list of tools that have been certified. However, it is possible for the user to develop and include his own bridge, which can be used in the same way by the GUI to transform and import XML into the repository as described below. See the User Bridge Development section below.