Integrating Rational ClearCase with Rational Software Delivery Platform products

You can integrate IBM® Rational® ClearCase® with IBM Rational Software Delivery Platform products to compare and merge Unified Modeling Language (UML) model artifacts and manage UML profiles. You must install and configure Rational ClearCase properly before you can compare and merge UML model artifacts or manage UML profiles successfully.

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IBM Rational Software Delivery Platform products are built on the Eclipse integrated development environment (IDE) and inherit the Eclipse support for compare-and-merge workflows. In these products, UML models are built by using the Eclipse Modeling Framework (EMF). These models contain complex structured data that cannot be understood successfully as text. Comparing and merging EMF artifacts by using the default Eclipse functionality for comparing text is complex and is unlikely to be successful. Therefore, to properly configure Rational ClearCase, see the following resources for information and configuration instructions.

For more information about installing, upgrading, configuring, and working with Rational ClearCase, see the help topics in the Rational ClearCase Information Center at https://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/cchelp/v7r1m0/index.jsp.

For information about the versions of Rational ClearCase SCM Adapter or Rational ClearCase Remote Client that can integrate with Rational Software Delivery Platform products, see http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21329304.

For configuration instructions on the integration of Rational ClearCase SCM Adapter or Rational ClearCase Remote Client with Rational Software Delivery Platform products, see http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=2044&uid=swg21252464.

For information about comparing and merging models, as well as compare and merge capabilities and best practices, read a series of articles on IBM developerWorks® at http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/rational/library/05/712_comp/.

For information about UML profile management, deployment, localization, programmatic support, and best practices, read a two-part article on IBM developerWorks at http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/rational/library/08/0429_misic1/index.html (for part 1) and http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/rational/library/08/0429_misic2/index.html (for part 2).


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