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The SAFE Technology Platform - An Open Source

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Tool Platform for Safety Modeling and Analysis Methods Processes

The ISO26262 standard (ISO, 2011) der to benefit from the integra- tool platform implementation for of the SAFE RTP is interoperability. More information:
ted model. The SAFE RTP is ex- the EAST-ADL standard. In the past
ARTOP: An Eclipse tool plat- On the one hand, it supports the www.safe-project.eu
defines process requirements for
functional safety-aware develop- tended with a set of appropriate there have been multiple initiatives form for AUTOSAR integration and exchange of safe- www.artop.org
ment in the automotive domain. It plug-Ins. to create Eclipse-based implemen- ty-enriched architecture, dynamic www.autosar.org
has high demands on process docu- • An ISO26262 compliant process tations of EAST-ADL which led to a ARTOP is an Eclipse-based imple- behaviour, execution environment www.east-adl.info
mentation and analysis. It is current- is defined on top of model-ba- quite cluttered and redundant tool mentation of the AUTOSAR meta- and hardware descriptions with exi- www.cesar-project.eu
ly not clear how the development sed development and evaluated landscape. The goal of EATOP is to model. From features point of view sting non-Eclipse based engineering
view and models necessary for safe- with realistic and measurable reconcile these initiatives, consoli- it is similar to the features imple- tools by making an appropriate XSD Acknowledgement:
ty documentation and analysis can industrial case studies. date the different implementations mented in EATOP. ARTOP is orga- schema-based exchange format and Many thanks to the project partners
and should be integrated in order to The extensions to EAST-ADL and AU- and shape like a reference imple- nized by the ARTOP user group, a corresponding serialize/de-serialize from the SAFE project.
minimize modeling effort, to keep TOSAR are defined in an own meta- mentation of EAST-ADL under one cooperation of several companies components available. On the other
consistency between artifacts and model. This meta-model covers the umbrella. It focus on providing the from the automotive industry. The hand, the SAFE meta-model plat-
enable effective reusability. These safety related elements and relati- following main features: availability of ARTOP is restricted to form enables the integration with This document is based on the SAFE and

challenges can only be tackled ef- onships necessary to ensure the sa- • Implementation of important AUTOSAR members only. other Eclipse-based tools and plug- SAFE-E projects. SAFE is in the framework

fectively in a joint initiative that fety requirements. This meta-model versions and revisions of the ins. To make this possible, the SAFE of ITEA2, EUREKA cluster program Σ! 3674.

includes the complete automotive refers to the architecture models in EAST-ADL meta-model in EMF meta-model platform is based on The work has been funded by the German
SAFE RTP: An Eclipse tool
supply chain (OEMs, Tier 1’s, Silicon EAST-ADL and AUTOSAR. Therefore, • Serialization/de-serialization of Sphinx (www.eclipse.org/sphinx). Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF)
platform for the SAFE meta- Using Sphinx simplifies the integra- under the funding ID 01IS11019, and by the
vendors and tool suppliers) as well the meta-model is not a stand-alone EAST-ADL models/files confor-
model tion of the SAFE meta-model with French Ministry of the Economy and Finance
as academia. architecture description language. ming to the EAST-ADL XSD sche-
This has an important implication ma EATOP and ARTOP. (DGCIS). SAFE-E is part of the Eurostars pro-

The project SAFE for the SAFE RTP: It has close re- • A tool platform and an exempla- SAFE RTP is an EMF-based Java im- gram, which is powered by EUREKA and the

lationships to the platform imple- ry basic IDE experience for cre- plementation of the SAFE meta- Outlook European Community (ID 01|S1101). The

The ITEA2 project SAFE (Safe Auto- mentations from EAST-ADL and ating, managing, editing, valida- model that integrates with the AU- work has been funded by the German Mini-

motive software architecture) is a AUTOSAR. EAST-ADL has an Eclipse ting, transforming or otherwise TOSAR meta-model from ARTOP Compliance with the Cooperation stry of Education and Research (BMBF) and

European funded project. It provi- platform implementation called “EA- processing EAST-ADL models in and the EAST-ADL meta-model from RTP developed in the CESAR project the Austrian research association (FFG) under

des methods for integrated safety TOP” (www.eclipse.org/proposals/ the Eclipse workspace. EATOP. and maintained by EICOSE will be the funding ID E!6095. The responsibility for

modeling and safety analysis. The modeling.eatop/). For AUTOSAR a It offers a basic authoring expe- ensured. An integration will be dis- the content rests with the authors.

results ensure and speed up the user group “ARTOP” rience, i.e., an Eclip- cussed (more information about the
efficient development of safety fea- providing an Eclipse se perspective with CRTP in SafeTRANS News 1/2013,
tures in cars. based implementati- a tree-based model page 14 and 15).
The three main objectives of SAFE on already exists. The explorer view for The research project SAFE started in
are: SAFE RTP integrates navigating through July 2011 and will end June 2014. In-
• Extension of EAST-ADL and EATOP and ARTOP. SAFE model files itial concepts are already published
AUTOSAR, to enable effective and their contents in February 2013, an integrated me-
integration of artifacts asso- as well as some ex- ta-model and the technology plat-
EATOP: An Eclipse emplary form and form since June 2013. The process
ciated with the application of
tool platform for tree-based editors model will follow end of 2013.
ISO26262. The extended model
is implemented in a reference
EAST-ADL enabling safety-re-
technology platform (SAFE RTP). lated extensions for By Stefan Voget, Continental
• Methods, e.g. for efficient cap- EATOP supports the EAST-ADL, and AU-
turing of safety goals and re- work of the EAST-ADL TOSAR models to be
quirements as well as for safety association by provi- edited.
evaluation, are enhanced in or- ding an Eclipse-based Scope of the SAFE meta-model. The red bordered actions are supported by the SAFE RTP. An important aspect

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