The requirements repository contains requirement categories as well as functional and non-functional requirements related to software.

The repository contains requirements that are relevant for a broad array of software categories, such as Identity Management, Business Process Management (BPM), Business Rule Management (BRM) and Enterprise Content Management (ECM).

Basically, a requirement category represents an entity type. Requirement categories are hierarchically organized. For example, there is a category named "Interface", which is subdivided into categories "Application Programming Interface" and "User Interface". There can be multiple hierarchy levels. Requirements form the leaf nodes.

The Requirements Repository is frequently updated and enhanced in order to accommodate technological advances.

Currently, the repository contains more than 800 requirement categories and more than 1500 ready-to-use functional requirements related to business infrastructure, IT infrastructure, management & administration, and standards. More specifically, the repository contains requirements that are relevant in virtually every application area. In addition, the repository contains approx. 100 ready-to-use non-functional (i.e. Quality-related) requirements.

Some of the prominent top-level requirement categories are:

• Architecture

• Framework

• Interface

• Pattern

• Protocol

The Web-based Requirements Package Browser provides you with a view of the Package tree. A Requirements Package is organized as a hierarchical tree with Requirement Categories and Requirements representing nodes.

Please note that the key goal of the Web-based browser is to provide you an insight into the Requirements Repository. You can explore the requirement category hierarchy and thus view the repository structure.

The Repository Browser that is part of the Evaluator's Application Suite (EAS) provides additional functionality, such as search capability. You can import Requirements into Evaluation Specifications via drag & drop.