MRS.G is a plug-in for the Eclipse platform. It will provide data mediation services between GXL and local formats. It will consist of a repository (Gstore) and a framework for plugging in converters between GXL and local formats. Gstore will be a representation of a GXL document that is easily accessible to Eclipse tools. It can also be used to export data from Eclipse tools, such as JDT and CDT, in the GXL format. This functionality will both increase the attractiveness of the Eclipse framework to larger community and provide Eclipse access to innovative tools from large family of researchers.
GXL (Graph eXchange Language) is an XML-based standard exchange format for sharing data between tools. Formally, GXL represents typed, attributed, directed, ordered graphs which are extended to represent hypergraphs and hierarchical graphs. This flexible data model can be used for object-relational data and a wide variety of graphs. An advantage of GXL is that it can be used to exchange instance graphs together with their corresponding schema information in a uniform format, i.e. using a common DTD (Document Type Definition).
Eclipse is an open platform for tool integration built by an open community of tool providers. Eclipse provides a plug-in based framework that makes it easier to create, integrate and utilize software tools, saving time and money. By collaborating and exploiting core integration technology, tool producers can leverage platform reuse and concentrate on core competencies to create new development technology. The Eclipse Platform is written in the Java language and comes with extensive plug-in construction toolkits and examples. It has already been deployed on a range of development workstations including Linux, QNX, OSx and Windows based systems. A full description of the Eclipse community and white papers documenting the design and use of the Eclipse Platform are available at http://www.eclipse.org.
Dr. Susan Elliott Sim
Professor, Department of Informatics, University of California, Irvine
Yuzo Kanomata
Staff, School of Information and Computer Science, University of California, Irvine
Sukanya Ratanotayanon
Graduate Research Student, University of California, Irvine
Steve Regan
Undergraduate Research Student, University of California, Irvine
Robert Yahn
Undergraduate Research Student, University of California, Irvine
Seungwook Simon Chung
Undergraduate Research Student, University of California, Irvine
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