<s>
The	O
JAUS	B-Application
Tool	I-Application
Set	I-Application
(	O
JTS	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
software	B-General_Concept
engineering	I-General_Concept
tool	O
for	O
the	O
design	O
of	O
software	O
services	O
used	O
in	O
a	O
distributed	B-Operating_System
computing	I-Operating_System
environment	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
JTS	O
provides	O
a	O
Graphical	B-Application
User	I-Application
Interface	I-Application
(	O
GUI	B-Application
)	O
and	O
supporting	O
tools	O
for	O
the	O
rapid	O
design	O
,	O
documentation	O
,	O
and	O
implementation	O
of	O
service	O
interfaces	O
that	O
adhere	O
to	O
the	O
Society	O
of	O
Automotive	O
Engineers	O
 '	O
standard	O
AS5684A	O
,	O
the	O
JAUS	O
Service	O
Interface	O
Design	O
Language	O
(	O
JSIDL	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
JTS	O
is	O
designed	O
to	O
support	O
the	O
modeling	O
,	O
analysis	O
,	O
implementation	O
,	O
and	O
testing	O
of	O
the	O
protocol	O
for	O
an	O
entire	O
distributed	B-Architecture
system	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
JAUS	B-Application
Tool	I-Application
Set	I-Application
(	O
JTS	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
software	I-Application
specification	O
and	O
development	O
tools	O
accompanied	O
by	O
an	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
software	I-Application
framework	O
to	O
develop	O
Joint	O
Architecture	O
for	O
Unmanned	O
Systems	O
(	O
JAUS	O
)	O
designs	O
and	O
compliant	O
interface	O
implementations	O
for	O
simulations	O
and	O
control	O
of	O
robotic	O
components	O
per	O
SAE-AS4	O
standards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GUI	B-Application
based	O
Service	O
Editor	O
:	O
The	O
Service	O
Editor	O
(	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
the	O
GUI	B-Application
in	O
this	O
document	O
)	O
provides	O
a	O
user	O
friendly	O
interface	O
with	O
which	O
a	O
system	O
designer	O
can	O
specify	O
and	O
analyze	O
formal	O
specifications	O
of	O
Components	O
and	O
Services	O
defined	O
using	O
the	O
JAUS	O
Service	O
Interface	O
Definition	O
Language	O
(	O
JSIDL	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Validator	B-Application
:	O
A	O
syntactic	O
and	O
semantic	O
validator	B-Application
provides	O
on-the-fly	O
validation	O
of	O
specifications	O
entered	O
(	O
or	O
imported	O
)	O
by	O
the	O
user	O
with	O
respect	O
to	O
JSIDL	O
syntax	B-Application
and	O
semantics	B-Application
is	O
integrated	O
into	O
the	O
GUI	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Specification	O
Repository	O
:	O
A	O
repository	O
(	O
or	O
database	O
)	O
that	O
is	O
integrated	O
into	O
the	O
GUI	B-Application
that	O
allows	O
for	O
the	O
storage	O
of	O
and	O
encourages	O
the	O
reuse	O
of	O
existing	O
formal	O
specifications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
C++	B-Language
Code	I-Language
Generator	O
:	O
The	O
Code	O
Generator	O
automatically	O
generates	O
C++	B-Language
code	I-Language
that	O
has	O
a	O
1:1	O
mapping	O
to	O
the	O
formal	O
specifications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
generated	O
code	O
includes	O
all	O
aspects	O
of	O
the	O
service	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
implementations	O
of	O
marshallers	O
and	O
unmarshallers	O
for	O
messages	O
,	O
and	O
implementations	O
of	O
finite-state	B-Architecture
machines	I-Architecture
for	O
protocol	O
behavior	O
that	O
are	O
effectively	O
decoupled	O
from	O
application	O
behavior	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Software	B-Architecture
Framework	I-Architecture
:	O
The	O
software	B-Architecture
framework	I-Architecture
implements	O
the	O
transport	B-Architecture
layer	I-Architecture
specification	O
AS5669A	O
,	O
and	O
provides	O
the	O
interfaces	O
necessary	O
to	O
integrate	O
the	O
auto-generated	O
C++	B-Language
code	I-Language
with	O
the	O
transport	B-Architecture
layer	I-Architecture
implementation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Present	O
transport	O
options	O
include	O
UDP	B-Protocol
and	O
TCP	B-Protocol
in	O
wired	O
or	O
wireless	O
networks	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
serial	O
connections	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
transport	B-Architecture
layer	I-Architecture
itself	O
is	O
modular	O
,	O
and	O
allows	O
end-users	O
to	O
add	O
additional	O
support	O
as	O
needed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wireshark	B-Language
Plugin	B-Application
:	O
The	O
Wireshark	B-Language
plugin	B-Application
implements	O
a	O
plugin	B-Application
to	O
the	O
popular	O
network	O
protocol	O
analyzer	O
called	O
Wireshark	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
plugin	B-Application
allows	O
for	O
the	O
live	O
capture	O
and	O
offline	O
analysis	O
of	O
JAUS	O
message-based	O
communication	O
at	O
runtime	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
JAUS	B-Application
Tool	I-Application
Set	I-Application
can	O
be	O
downloaded	O
from	O
User	O
documentation	O
and	O
community	O
forum	O
are	O
also	O
available	O
at	O
the	O
site	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
a	O
successful	O
Beta	O
test	O
,	O
Version	O
1.0	O
of	O
the	O
JAUS	B-Application
Tool	I-Application
Set	I-Application
was	O
released	O
in	O
July	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
initial	O
offering	O
focused	O
on	O
core	O
areas	O
of	O
User	O
Interface	O
,	O
HTML	B-Language
document	O
generation	O
,	O
C++	B-Language
code	I-Language
generation	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
software	B-Architecture
framework	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
bug	O
fixes	O
and	O
UI	O
improvements	O
,	O
this	O
version	O
offered	O
several	O
important	O
upgrades	O
including	O
enhancement	O
to	O
the	O
Validator	B-Application
,	O
Wireshark	B-Language
plug-in	B-Application
,	O
and	O
generated	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
C#	O
and	O
Java	B-Language
Code	I-Language
Generation	O
:	O
Currently	O
,	O
JTS	O
generates	O
cross-platform	O
C++	B-Language
code	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
other	O
languages	O
including	O
Java	B-Language
and	O
C#	O
are	O
seeing	O
a	O
dramatic	O
increase	O
in	O
their	O
use	O
in	O
distributed	B-Architecture
systems	I-Architecture
,	O
particularly	O
in	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
graphical	O
clients	O
to	O
embedded	O
services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MS	B-Application
Word	I-Application
Document	O
Generation	O
:	O
HTML	B-Language
and	O
JSIDL	O
output	O
is	O
supported	O
,	O
but	O
native	O
Office-Open-XML	O
(	O
OOXML	O
)	O
based	O
MS	B-Application
Word	I-Application
generation	O
has	O
advantages	O
in	O
terms	O
of	O
output	O
presentation	O
,	O
and	O
ease	O
of	O
use	O
for	O
integration	O
with	O
other	O
documents	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Therefore	O
,	O
we	O
plan	O
to	O
integrate	O
MS	B-Application
Word	I-Application
service	O
document	O
generation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Improved	O
Service	O
Re-Use	O
:	O
JSIDL	O
allows	O
for	O
inheritance	O
of	O
protocol	O
descriptions	O
,	O
much	O
like	O
object-oriented	B-Language
programming	I-Language
languages	I-Language
allow	O
child	O
classes	O
to	O
re-use	O
and	O
extend	O
behaviors	O
defined	O
by	O
the	O
parent	O
class	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
present	O
,	O
the	O
generated	O
code	O
'	O
flattens	O
 '	O
these	O
state	B-Architecture
machines	I-Architecture
into	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
nested	O
states	O
which	O
gives	O
the	O
correct	O
interface	O
behavior	O
,	O
but	O
only	O
if	O
each	O
single	O
leaf	O
(	O
child	O
)	O
service	O
is	O
generated	O
within	O
its	O
own	O
component	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
JAUS	B-Application
Tool	I-Application
Set	I-Application
is	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
JAUS	O
Service	O
Interface	O
Definition	O
Language	O
(	O
JSIDL	O
)	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
originally	O
developed	O
for	O
application	O
within	O
the	O
unmanned	O
systems	O
,	O
or	O
robotics	O
,	O
communities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
the	O
JSIDL	O
schema	O
is	O
independent	O
of	O
the	O
data	O
being	O
exchanged	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
the	O
Tool	O
Set	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
for	O
the	O
design	O
and	O
implementation	O
of	O
a	O
Service	O
Oriented	O
Architecture	O
for	O
any	O
distributed	B-Architecture
systems	I-Architecture
environment	O
that	O
uses	O
binary	O
encoded	O
message	O
exchange	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
JSIDL	O
is	O
built	O
on	O
a	O
two-layered	O
architecture	O
that	O
separates	O
the	O
application	B-Application
layer	I-Application
and	O
the	O
transport	B-Architecture
layer	I-Architecture
,	O
effectively	O
decoupling	O
the	O
data	O
being	O
exchanges	O
from	O
the	O
details	O
of	O
how	O
that	O
data	O
moves	O
from	O
component	O
to	O
component	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Furthermore	O
,	O
since	O
the	O
schema	O
itself	O
is	O
widely	O
generic	O
,	O
it	O
's	O
possible	O
to	O
define	O
messages	O
for	O
any	O
number	O
of	O
domains	O
including	O
but	O
not	O
limited	O
to	O
industrial	O
control	O
systems	O
,	O
remote	O
monitoring	O
and	O
diagnostics	O
,	O
and	O
web-based	B-Application
applications	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
JTS	O
is	O
released	O
under	O
the	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
BSD	B-Operating_System
license	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Jr	O
Middleware	O
on	O
which	O
the	O
Software	B-Architecture
Framework	I-Architecture
(	O
Transport	B-Architecture
Layer	I-Architecture
)	O
is	O
based	O
is	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
under	O
LGPL	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Development	O
of	O
the	O
JAUS	B-Application
Tool	I-Application
Set	I-Application
was	O
sponsored	O
by	O
several	O
United	O
States	O
Department	O
of	O
Defense	O
organizations	O
:	O
</s>
