The Evaluator's Application Suite (EAS) is based on a service-oriented architecture (SOA). This allows for making available some of the application suite's functionality to other applications outside the scope of the EAS.

More specifically, other applications are now able to access the Requirements Repository via the Repository Access Web Service. The service exposes a message-based interface which defines and implements a contract between the consumers of the service and the provider of the service. The service interface is network addressable.

Usage scenarios for the Repository Access Web Service are:

• Integration with requirements management software in order to facilitate quick and easy import of ready-to-use requirements into software requirement specifications

• Integration with a portal

• Integration with a custom front-end application

Benefits for end-user organizations:

• Improved user productivity: Users can import requirements into software requirement specifications, which results in vastly improved productivity.

• Decreased costs: Authoring requirements is time-consuming and cost-intensive. Importing requirements from the repository results in substantial time and cost savings.

• Improved operational efficiency: The time needed to create a high-quality requirements specification can be reduced from weeks to days. The result is faster time-to-market.

The Requirements Package Browser provides you with a content view of the Requirements Repository. You will be presented a tree view with Requirement Categories and Requirements representing nodes. Please note that only functional requirements are displayed. 

For further information about how to programatically access the Web Service, please consult the online guide.

If you are interested in making use of the Repository Access Web Service please send an e-mail to "repo.api (AT) jenzundpartner.de" so that further details can be discussed.