Introducing EIA-CDIF: the CASE Data Interchange Format Standard

The Electronic Industries Association (EIA) released the CASE Data Interchange Format (CDIF) Interim Standards in July 1991. These standards were formulated by the EIA CDIF Technical Committee to facilitate movement of information between computer-aided software engineering (CASE) tools. CDIF Interim Standards are a family of standards that provide the vendor independent, method independent definitions of CASE data concepts necessary for information exchange. This paper provides an overview of the CDIF Interim Standards, summarizes prototyping efforts in progress, and outlines future directions for CDIF.<>