Packaging assets for reuse

The use or reuse of software assets can increase productivity, promote proven solutions and consistent architectures, reduce production costs, and save time by eliminating duplication of design efforts. The Object Management Group OMG®Reusable Asset Specification (RAS) documents a consistent and effective method for packaging a software solution and sharing it. This method forms the basis for a good asset-based development (ABD) strategy.

Using the RAS export capability in IBM® Rational® modeling tools to package assets ensures that all referenced files are automatically captured with the relevant models and projects, documentation, source code, and other development artifacts that you want to share. You can then reuse assets on a casual basis to quickly exchange your development files with a coworker, and you can package assets for complex projects that take months to assemble, document, and organize. The scope of a reusable asset is limited only by your design to meet your customer's needs. Reusable assets can be stored in RAS-based asset repositories. You can search a repository and select assets you need by matching asset keywords and descriptions provided by the asset producers.

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