Requirements Interchange Format (ReqIF) Tool Integration

REQUIREMENTS INTERCHANGE FORMAT (REQIF) TOOL INTEGRATION

Integrating ReqIF with Visure Requirements ALM

Empower engineering teams by exchanging data from third-party tools with Visure’s Modern Requirements ALM platform.

What is Requirements Interchange Format (ReqIF)

ReqIF is an abbreviation for Requirements Interchange Format. The format is a metamodel defined by an XML schema. The ReqIF standard was primarily developed to exchange requirements between different requirements engineering tools. Requirements and information about the requirements, including metadata and additional files such as graphics, are recorded in an XML file. This file must have a special structure and special XML tags so that the requirements can be imported from one tool into another.

Instead of using the .xml file extension, the standard recommends the .reqif extension. If the file contains embedded objects, all associated files must be packed (“zipped”) together. The zipped file then receives the .reqiz extension.

The ReqIF standard originated in the automobile industry. The HIS association, consisting of German car manufacturers, defined the RIF standard for the exchange of requirements in 2004. This was necessary because the previous practices, such using a PDF, were prone to errors or different tools with proprietary formats were used. A few years passed and in April 2011, the OMG ReqIF standard was finally published in version 1.0.1 as the successor to RIF. Meanwhile, version 1.2 was released in 2016. Today, the ReqIF format is also used in industries other than the automotive industry.

Export and Import Via ReqIF Files

With Visure, you can easily export and import items, and projects via ReqIF to communicate and sync information among your engineering tools.

Migrate Seamlessly & Eliminate Migration Risk Via ReqIF to a Modern Alternative

The complete change management mechanism allows to detect changes when importing the requirements into Visure Requirements or the third party tool so the data contained in these tools is not overwritten but a complete report with the changes is generated and then, users, may decide if they update or not.

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Configure your data model and gain full traceability between tests, requirements, risk, defects and all items, including source code to specific requirements.

Simple Import and Export Data

Increase your productivity by using simple import and export data features from ReqIF and MS Office Word and Excel.

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Visure integrates bi-directionally and automatically with the top industry engineering tools, easing collaboration among teams in real time.

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