Automotive Data Dictionary (ADD)
ADD represents a global data dictionary for all ECU labels/variables
used in a company/organisation. The single source concept of ADD eases the
handling and management of data declarations over all projects.Due to the (company-wide) availability and uniqueness of these labels, ADD allows a continuous and consistent data declaration during the whole development process.
Main objective is to centralize all data elements/definitions and to support the reuse of the data for the function development part as well as to the software development. This means that everyone is able to select a data definition from a single source, where the data is stored unique, project- as well as editor- independent. Thus it is ensured, that the data definitions are equal in the whole development process.
ADD avoids redundancy of data due to company wide availability and uniqueness of these data.
Interfaces of ADD to other tools & Principal process flow
Main Objectives for seamless data definition covered by ADD
Provide a central and company-wide accessible database as a single source for data definitions (project- as well as editor-independent!)
Ensure company(world)-wide availability and multi-user capability
Support consistency checks during the definition
Ensure data consistency by using versioning and lifecycle for all data definitions
Allocate data and data flow driven search and analyze capabilities
Provide a continuous data process from System to Software
Improve the quality of the interface description
Provide check operations of several hierarchy levels (modules, aggregates and projects) in a very early step of the development process