<s>
Sparx	O
Systems	O
Enterprise	B-Application
Architect	I-Application
is	O
a	O
visual	O
modeling	O
and	O
design	O
tool	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
OMG	B-Architecture
UML	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Systems	O
modeling	O
using	O
UML	B-Language
provides	O
a	O
basis	O
for	O
modeling	O
all	O
aspects	O
of	O
organizational	O
architecture	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
provide	O
a	O
foundation	O
for	O
designing	O
and	O
implementing	O
new	O
systems	O
or	O
changing	O
existing	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Along	O
with	O
system	O
modeling	O
,	O
Enterprise	B-Application
Architect	I-Application
covers	O
the	O
core	O
aspects	O
of	O
the	O
application	O
development	O
life-cycle	O
,	O
from	O
requirements	O
management	O
through	O
to	O
design	O
,	O
construction	O
,	O
testing	O
and	O
maintenance	O
phases	O
,	O
with	O
support	O
for	O
traceability	O
,	O
project	O
management	O
and	O
change	O
control	O
of	O
these	O
processes	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
,	O
facilities	O
for	O
model	O
driven	O
development	O
of	O
application	O
code	O
using	O
an	O
internal	O
integrated-development	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
user	O
base	O
ranges	O
from	O
programmers	O
and	O
business	O
analysts	O
through	O
to	O
enterprise	B-Application
architects	I-Application
,	O
in	O
organizations	O
ranging	O
from	O
small	O
developer	O
companies	O
,	O
multi-national	O
corporations	O
and	O
government	O
organizations	O
through	O
to	O
international	O
industry	O
standards	O
bodies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sparx	O
Systems	O
initially	O
released	O
Enterprise	B-Application
Architect	I-Application
in	O
2000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Originally	O
designed	O
as	O
a	O
UML	B-Language
modeling	O
tool	O
for	O
modeling	O
UML	B-Language
1.1	O
,	O
the	O
product	O
has	O
evolved	O
to	O
include	O
other	O
OMG	B-Architecture
UML	B-Language
specifications	O
1.3	O
,	O
2.0	O
,	O
2.1	O
,	O
2.3	O
,	O
2.4.1	O
and	O
2.5	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Enterprise	B-Application
Architect	I-Application
supports	O
a	O
range	O
of	O
open	O
industry	O
standards	O
for	O
designing	O
and	O
modeling	O
software	O
and	O
business	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Enterprise	B-Application
Architect	I-Application
also	O
supports	O
industry	O
frameworks	O
such	O
as	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Enterprise	B-Application
Architect	I-Application
supported	O
frameworks	O
supplied	O
by	O
industry	O
bodies	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Models	O
published	O
by	O
industry	O
standards	O
development	O
bodies	O
using	O
Enterprise	B-Application
Architect	I-Application
include	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Underlying	O
UML	B-Language
modeling	O
are	O
the	O
key	O
aspects	O
that	O
most	O
modeling	O
tools	O
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
core	O
aspects	O
supported	O
by	O
Enterprise	B-Application
Architect	I-Application
include	O
:	O
profiles	B-Language
,	O
patterns	O
,	O
MOF	B-Application
,	O
OCL	B-Language
,	O
MDA	B-Architecture
transforms	O
,	O
and	O
CORBA	B-Architecture
IDL	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
UML	B-Language
validation	O
can	O
be	O
run	O
against	O
the	O
model	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
common	O
features	O
of	O
requirements	O
management	O
supported	O
by	O
Enterprise	B-Application
Architect	I-Application
include	O
customization	O
of	O
how	O
requirements	O
are	O
documented	O
,	O
linking	O
requirements	O
to	O
the	O
design	O
and	O
implementation	O
details	O
,	O
and	O
providing	O
requirements	O
traceability	O
through	O
the	O
design	O
and	O
construction	O
phases	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Enterprise	B-Application
Architect	I-Application
supports	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
methods	O
of	O
modeling	O
business	O
processes	O
using	O
UML	B-Language
as	O
the	O
foundation	O
modeling	B-Language
language	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
core	O
languages	O
for	O
business	O
modeling	O
and	O
analysis	O
include	O
BPMN	B-Architecture
,	O
BMM	O
and	O
VDML	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
various	O
historic	O
profiles	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Enterprise	B-Application
Architect	I-Application
supports	O
the	O
simulation	O
of	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
BPMN	B-Architecture
can	O
be	O
integrated	O
with	O
DMN	O
models	O
for	O
simulation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BPMN	B-Architecture
models	O
(	O
using	O
BPSim	O
)	O
,	O
can	O
be	O
simulated	O
creating	O
tabulated	O
results	O
for	O
analysis	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SysML	B-Language
simulation	O
is	O
supported	O
for	O
IBD	O
and	O
Parametric	O
models	O
using	O
Open	O
Modelica	O
or	O
Matlab	O
(	O
using	O
Simulink	O
and	O
Simscape	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mathematical	O
formulas	O
in	O
SysML	B-Language
's	O
Internal	O
Block	O
diagrams	O
and	O
Parametric	O
models	O
can	O
be	O
simulated	O
for	O
plotting	O
graphs	O
used	O
in	O
the	O
analysis	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
simulation	O
involves	O
generating	O
code	O
usable	O
in	O
applications	O
and	O
supports	O
interaction	O
between	O
DMN	O
models	O
and	O
BPMN	B-Architecture
models	O
using	O
BPSim	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
line	O
with	O
the	O
model-driven	B-Architecture
design	O
principles	O
Enterprise	B-Application
Architect	I-Application
supports	O
MDA	B-Architecture
transforms	O
of	O
PIM	B-Architecture
class	O
structures	O
to	O
PSM	B-Architecture
class	O
structures	O
,	O
round-trip	B-Application
engineering	I-Application
of	O
code	O
for	O
ten	O
software	O
languages	O
and	O
several	O
key	O
embedded	O
HDL	O
systems	O
languages	O
(	O
Ada	B-Language
,	O
VHDL	B-Language
and	O
Verilog	B-Language
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
accordance	O
with	O
model-driven	B-Architecture
development	O
principles	O
,	O
Enterprise	B-Application
Architect	I-Application
provides	O
an	O
integrated	B-Application
development	I-Application
environment	I-Application
that	O
supports	O
code	O
editing	O
(	O
with	O
syntax	O
highlighting	O
and	O
Intellisense	B-Application
)	O
,	O
for	O
building	O
,	O
debugging	O
and	O
code	O
testing	O
all	O
from	O
within	O
the	O
model	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Compilers	O
and	O
interpreters	O
supported	O
:	O
Microsoft	O
Windows	O
Native	O
C	B-Language
,	O
C++	B-Language
,	O
Visual	B-Language
Basic	I-Language
,	O
.NET	O
family	O
(	O
C#	O
,	O
VB	O
)	O
;	O
Java	B-Language
,	O
PHP	B-Application
,	O
and	O
GNU	B-Application
compilers	I-Application
for	O
C++	B-Language
,	O
C	B-Language
and	O
Ada	B-Language
(	O
GCC	B-Application
and	O
GDB	B-Language
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Includes	O
features	O
for	O
importing	O
MS	B-Application
Visual	I-Application
Studio	I-Application
and	O
Eclipse	B-Application
projects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
code	O
based	O
testing	O
there	O
is	O
support	O
for	O
both	O
xUnit	O
Testing	O
(	O
This	O
involves	O
MDA	B-Architecture
transformation	O
of	O
Classes	O
to	O
NUnit	B-Application
or	O
Junit	B-Language
Classes	O
with	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
generate	O
unit	O
tests	O
from	O
the	O
model	O
and	O
automatically	O
record	O
the	O
results	O
against	O
the	O
tested	O
Classes	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
System	O
Engineering	O
is	O
supported	O
with	O
SysML	B-Language
1.4	O
modeling	O
which	O
can	O
be	O
coupled	O
with	O
executable	O
code	O
generation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SysML	B-Language
supports	O
modeling	O
from	O
requirement	O
definition	O
and	O
system	O
composition	O
using	O
SysML	B-Language
Blocks	O
and	O
Parts	O
,	O
through	O
to	O
parametric	O
model	O
simulation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
executable	O
code	O
generation	O
supports	O
embedded	O
HDL	O
system	O
languages	O
(	O
Ada	B-Language
,	O
VHDL	B-Language
and	O
Verilog	B-Language
)	O
,	O
or	O
it	O
can	O
be	O
coupled	O
with	O
behavioral	O
code	O
generation	O
of	O
the	O
standard	O
code	O
languages	O
defined	O
above	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Enterprise	B-Application
Architect	I-Application
supports	O
data	O
modeling	O
from	O
the	O
conceptual	O
to	O
physical	O
levels	O
,	O
forward	O
and	O
reverse	O
engineering	O
of	O
database	O
schemas	O
,	O
and	O
MDA	B-Architecture
transformation	O
of	O
the	O
logical	O
(	O
platform	O
independent	O
)	O
to	O
physical	O
DBMS	O
(	O
platform	O
dependent	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Diagram	O
types	O
supported	O
include	O
:	O
DDL	O
notation	O
,	O
ERD	B-Architecture
notation	O
,	O
IDEF1X	B-Application
notation	O
,	O
Information	O
Engineering	O
notation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Supported	O
DBMSs	O
include	O
:	O
DB2	B-Application
,	O
Firebird/InterBase	O
,	O
MS	B-Application
Access	I-Application
97	O
,	O
2000	O
,	O
2003	O
,	O
2007	O
,	O
2013	O
,	O
MS	B-Application
SQL	I-Application
Server	I-Application
,	O
all	O
editions	O
from	O
2005	O
including	O
Express	O
and	O
Azure	O
,	O
MySQL	B-Application
,	O
MariaDB	B-Application
,	O
SQLite	B-Language
,	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
from	O
9i	O
(	O
all	O
editions	O
)	O
,	O
PostgreSQL	B-Application
,	O
ArcGIS	B-Application
,	O
Informix	B-Application
,	O
Ingres	B-Application
,	O
Sybase	B-Application
Adaptive	I-Application
Server	I-Application
Anywhere	I-Application
(	O
Sybase	B-Application
ASA	I-Application
)	O
and	O
Sybase	O
Adaptive	O
Server	O
Enterprise	O
(	O
Sybase	O
ASE	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Features	O
supporting	O
project	O
management	O
include	O
:	O
Resource	O
allocation	O
and	O
tracking	O
using	O
Gantt	B-Application
charts	I-Application
,	O
Kanban	O
diagrams	O
,	O
event	O
logging	O
using	O
model	O
calendars	O
,	O
Workflow	O
scripting	O
for	O
setting	O
workflow	O
processes	O
,	O
security	O
,	O
and	O
model	O
metrics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
version	O
control	O
interface	O
supports	O
the	O
major	O
version	O
control	O
applications	O
:	O
Subversion	B-Application
,	O
CVS	B-Application
,	O
Team	B-Application
Foundation	I-Application
Server	I-Application
,	O
and	O
SCC	O
interface	O
to	O
any	O
SCC	O
compatible	O
version	O
control	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Features	O
that	O
support	O
integration	O
with	O
other	O
tools	O
include	O
:	O
XMI	B-Language
Import/Export	O
:	O
Supports	O
the	O
XMI	B-Language
1.1	O
,	O
1.2	O
and	O
2.1	O
specifications	O
(	O
and	O
import	O
of	O
.emx	O
and	O
Rhapsody	O
files	O
)	O
,	O
Open	O
Services	O
for	O
Lifecycle	O
Collaboration	O
(	O
OSLC	O
)	O
,	O
CSV	O
Import/Export	O
,	O
ArchiMate	B-Architecture
Open	I-Architecture
Exchange	I-Architecture
Format	I-Architecture
Import	O
/	O
Export	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Automation	O
interface	O
–	O
supports	O
a	O
comprehensive	O
API	B-Application
for	O
use	O
with	O
any	O
COM	B-Application
based	O
language	O
(	O
and	O
Java	B-Language
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Among	O
the	O
Add-ins	O
available	O
are	O
interfaces	O
to	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
and	O
DOORS	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
third	O
party	O
add-ins	O
.	O
</s>
