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FAQ
- From where can I download openMDX distributions?
- Where is the openMDX CVS repository?
- What is the track record of openMDX?
- Do I need a UML modeling tool? Which ones are supported?
From where can I download openMDX distributions?
openMDX distributions are availble from Sourceforge
Where is the openMDX CVS respository?
This project's CVS repository can be checked out through anonymous (pserver) CVS with the following instruction set. The CVS tree is publicly accessible for anonymous read-only access, approved contributors will also be given commit access to appropriate packages. When prompted for a password for anoncvs, enter anoncvs.
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CVSROOT=:pserver;username=anoncvs;password=anoncvs:cvs.openmdx.org:/CVSROOT
export CVSROOT
cvs login # enter anoncvs when prompted for a password
cvs checkout openmdx
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What is the track record of openMDX?
The roots of openMDX go back to the 90s when MDA (Model Driven Architecture) was barely on the map. In the late 90s the first enterprise-class applications built on SPICE went into production (the predecessor of openMDX was known as SPICE). As of 2004, several globally active corporations and a large health care insurance company are running mission critical applications built on SPICE.
openMDX v1.0 (released on 28-January-2004) is therefore a stable and production-ready MDA platfrom with a multi-year track record (albeit under a different name).
Starting with openMDX v1.2 (released on 4-April-2004) several large-scale projects decided to switch from SPICE to openMDX.
openMDX v1.3 (released on 1-August-2004) adds GUI support (out-of-the-box!) suitable for very rapid-prototyping and professional applications (openCRX, a professional Open Source Customer Relationship Management Suite nicely demonstrates the power of model-driven GUIs - check out the openCRX demo server!). The openMDX LightweightContainer shortens development roundtrips dramatically because there is no more need to start an application server.
Do I need a UML modeling tool? Which ones are supported?
Yes, you need a UML modeling tool to develop the models (so to speak the input of openMDX). The following tools have been verified to work with openMDX:
- IBM Rational Software Modeler
[that's the tool we use] - Rational Rose
- MagicDraw (the Community Edition is free)
- Poseidon (the Community Edition is free)
- Together (openmdx-x.y.z-plugin.together-6-exporter.xxx contains a plug-in to export the models from Together-6).
See also our Rose to RSM migration guide if you want to use your models developed in Rational Rose in IBM's Rational Software Modeler.
All plug-ins for modelling tools have their own distribution. Currently there exist plug-ins for Together and Poseidon: the former can be found as openMDX download because its open source, the latter can't because it isn't. Importing models found in either Rose or XMI files and exporting models to Together and XMI files is part of the core functionality of openMDX.