ReqIF - Requirements Interchange Format

Overview

Previously known as RIF, ReqIF stands for Requirements Interchange Format. It defines a tool-independent interchange format for transferring XML documents, enabling to work on the same requirements repository and sometimes do not work with the same requirements authoring tools.

In 2004, the HIS (Hersteller Initiative Software), a panel of Germany’s automotive manufacturers developed the idea of creating the “Requirements Interchange Format”, called RIF. In 2008, the HIS Steering Committee decided that the internationalization and maintenance of the Requirements Interchange Format should be proceeded with the ProSTEP iViP Association. A project was set up and a team was built that includes members of the ProSTEP iViP Association, representatives of manufacturing companies, tool vendors and development partners. Conceptually based on RIF, the ReqIF proposal is currrently in process of being adopted as an inter­national standard by OMG.

See http://www.omg.org/spec/ReqIF/ for further information.

Metamodel identifier: reqif

The current ReqIF metamodel implementation has been designed from the OMG specification, and reflects the ReqIF XML schema (http://www.omg.org/spec/ReqIF/20110401/reqif.xsd). It is compliant with ReqIF OMG specification, version 1.1 (October 2013).

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Related reference
Metamodel Overview
API Reference
Reading RIF/ReqIF Files
Writing RIF/ReqIF Files