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Franca	O
Interface	B-General_Concept
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Language	I-General_Concept
(	O
Franca	B-Operating_System
IDL	I-Operating_System
)	O
is	O
a	O
formally	O
defined	O
,	O
text-based	O
interface	B-General_Concept
description	I-General_Concept
language	I-General_Concept
.	O
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<s>
Franca	O
applies	O
model	B-Language
transformation	I-Language
techniques	O
to	O
interoperate	O
with	O
various	O
interface	B-General_Concept
description	I-General_Concept
languages	I-General_Concept
(	O
e.g.	O
,	O
D-Bus	B-Language
Introspection	O
language	O
,	O
Apache	B-Protocol
Thrift	I-Protocol
IDL	O
,	O
Fibex	O
Services	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
public	O
version	O
of	O
Franca	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
March	O
2012	O
under	O
the	O
Eclipse	B-License
Public	I-License
License	I-License
,	O
version	O
1.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2013	O
,	O
Franca	O
has	O
been	O
proposed	O
as	O
an	O
official	O
Eclipse	B-Application
foundation	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Franca	B-Operating_System
IDL	I-Operating_System
provides	O
a	O
range	O
of	O
features	O
for	O
the	O
specification	O
of	O
software	O
interfaces	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
the	O
text-based	O
IDL	O
for	O
the	O
specification	O
of	O
interfaces	O
,	O
Franca	O
provides	O
an	O
HTML	B-Language
documentation	O
generator	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Franca	O
is	O
implemented	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
Eclipse	B-Application
(	O
software	O
)	O
tool	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
the	O
definition	O
of	O
the	O
actual	O
Franca	B-Operating_System
IDL	I-Operating_System
,	O
the	O
Xtext	B-Application
framework	O
is	O
used	O
.	O
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