<s>
Rational	B-Protocol
Rhapsody	I-Protocol
,	O
a	O
modeling	O
environment	O
based	O
on	O
UML	B-Language
,	O
is	O
a	O
visual	O
development	O
environment	O
for	O
systems	O
engineers	O
and	O
software	B-Application
developers	I-Application
creating	O
real-time	O
or	O
embedded	O
systems	O
and	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rational	B-Protocol
Rhapsody	I-Protocol
uses	O
graphical	O
models	O
to	O
generate	O
software	O
applications	O
in	O
various	O
languages	O
including	O
C	B-Language
,	O
C++	B-Language
,	O
Ada	B-Language
,	O
Java	B-Language
and	O
C#	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Developers	B-Application
use	O
Rational	B-Protocol
Rhapsody	I-Protocol
to	O
understand	O
and	O
elaborate	O
requirements	O
,	O
create	O
model	O
designs	O
using	O
industry	O
standard	O
languages	O
(	O
UML	B-Language
,	O
SysML	B-Language
,	O
AUTOSAR	B-Application
,	O
DoDAF	O
,	O
MODAF	B-Library
,	O
UPDM	B-Language
)	O
,	O
validate	O
functionality	O
early	O
in	O
development	O
,	O
and	O
automate	O
delivery	O
of	O
high	O
structured	O
products	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rational	B-Protocol
Rhapsody	I-Protocol
Model	O
Manager	O
(	O
previous	O
implementation	O
,	O
Design	O
Manager	O
,	O
will	O
be	O
deprecated	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
web	O
based	O
application	O
that	O
stakeholders	O
,	O
developers	B-Application
,	O
and	O
other	O
team	O
members	O
use	O
to	O
collaborate	O
on	O
the	O
design	O
of	O
products	O
,	O
software	O
,	O
and	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
product	O
contains	O
a	O
server	O
that	O
hosts	O
model	O
designs	O
which	O
have	O
been	O
developed	O
in	O
Rational	B-Protocol
Rhapsody	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
client	O
extension	O
component	O
included	O
with	O
Rational	B-Protocol
Rhapsody	I-Protocol
allows	O
users	O
to	O
connect	O
to	O
a	O
Design	O
Manager	O
server	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
connecting	O
to	O
the	O
server	O
,	O
models	O
can	O
be	O
moved	O
into	O
project	O
areas	O
with	O
specific	O
modelling	O
domains	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
industry	O
standard	O
languages	O
supported	O
by	O
Rational	B-Protocol
Rhapsody	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rhapsody	O
was	O
first	O
released	O
in	O
1996	O
by	O
Israeli	O
software	O
company	O
I-Logix	O
Inc	O
.	O
Rhapsody	O
was	O
developed	O
as	O
an	O
object-oriented	B-Language
tool	O
for	O
modeling	O
and	O
executing	O
statecharts	B-Application
,	O
based	O
on	O
work	O
done	O
by	O
David	O
Harel	O
at	O
the	O
Weizmann	O
Institute	O
of	O
Science	O
,	O
who	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
to	O
develop	O
the	O
concept	O
of	O
hierarchical	O
,	O
parallel	O
,	O
and	O
broadcasting	O
statecharts	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2006	O
,	O
I-Logix	O
'	O
s	O
shareholders	O
sold	O
the	O
company	O
to	O
Swedish	O
software	O
company	O
Telelogic	B-Language
AB	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rhapsody	O
became	O
a	O
Rational	O
Software	O
product	O
after	O
the	O
acquisition	O
of	O
Telelogic	B-Language
AB	I-Language
in	O
2008	O
,	O
like	O
all	O
former	O
Telelogic	B-Language
products	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
the	O
rebranding	O
,	O
Rational	B-Protocol
Rhapsody	I-Protocol
has	O
been	O
integrated	O
with	O
the	O
IBM	O
Rational	O
Systems	O
and	O
Software	O
Engineering	O
Solution	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rational	B-Protocol
Rhapsody	I-Protocol
Design	O
Manager	O
was	O
first	O
released	O
in	O
June	O
,	O
2011	O
by	O
IBM	O
.	O
</s>
