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ATML Usage Case: InstrumentDescription Data Sheets

Vektrex Electronic Systems, Inc.

www.vektrex.com

January 2008


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Agenda: InstrumentDescription Usage Case

• Introductions• Data Sheet Usage Case• InstrumentDescription Tool• Potential Usage Case• Observations• Summary


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Data Sheet Usage Case Overview

Usage Cases:• Product Manager

migrating legacy data sheet information to ATML

• Product Manager creating a new data sheet

• ASPM1400 datasheet was used as a guide for InstrumentDescription subset to be supported

ud Data Sheet Use Case

Instrument Description Tool

Product Manager

Prev iew Datasheet

Distribute

Create New Datasheet

Open Existing

Edit


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Usage Case Challenges

• Raw schema not PM friendly (e.g. “Comparitor”)

• Support for rich text/image descriptions– No mime support for

descriptions

• Need to see it in a form similar to a datasheet

• Which subset to support?– InstrumentDescription is

complex

– Very little is required


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Create New from Starter Model File


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Edit Data Sheet information


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Preview DataSheet


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Distribute Data Sheets

Distributes as:• Paper• Document file (HTML)• ATML Standard XML file


Instrument

Description

XML

Data Sheet

Document

HTML


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Potential Procurement Usage Case

Procurement process• Buyer Model driven:

– Define Instrument Requirements

– Standardize usage of Specification Names

– Define required signal capabilities

• Auto-Compare vendor instrument specifications against requirements

• Capture all information in standardized format

ud Procurement Usage


Create RFP Model

Instrument Description

Edit Proposed Instrument Description

Change Order: Amend Model

Instrument

Distribute

Buyer

(from Actors)

Vendor

(from Actors)

Validate Proposals

against Model


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Observations• Procurement will need to drive usage of

InstrumentDescription• No standard for SignalsDescription in Capabilities

– SignalDescription currently extension placeholder– Migrate TestDescription’s SignalRequirement to

HardwareCommon?

• Common Models instances required to compare Instruments on apples to apples basis (analogous to IVI classes)


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Summary

Summary:• Alpha testers wanted• Offline demos

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