MDConnect for DOORS enables to browse the content of IBM Rational® DOORS® databases inside an Eclipse environment.
It also enables to edit DOORS Requirements and to link modeling elements with DOORS Requirements.
DOORS is used to store all links, and the Eclipse views are only visualizations of the information contained in the DOORS database.
It has been successfully tested with DOORS® 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 9.1 and 9.2, and IBM Rational® Software Modeler and Architect® 7.5.4 and higher.
The DOORS Client software must be installed on the user's workstation.
In order to use MDConnect for DOORS, the user must manually open and login to the DOORS Client.
Running two instances of DOORS on a single machine, with two different user identities, may result in unexpected behavior.
Connecting to DOORS through Citrix is not supported.
Sodius MDConnect for DOORS offering includes Eclipse plug-ins that can be installed and used with the IBM Software Delivery Platform, an offering that is Built on Eclipse™ (www.eclipse.org).