Groups & Projects

Interface Exchange (IFEX)

Overview:

Currently, there are too many interface description languages and IPC/RPC technologies. The question is to create another “one to rule them all?”

The main challenge is not creating or avoiding “a new IDL“; it is determining the semantic equivalences and differences between existing technologies (to efficiently connect them and swap one for another).

The IFEX project is a place to do difficult semantic mapping work. While doing so, it creates translating tools between formats, and it results in a simple but powerful interface description format (because it is forced to include “all” features of the other alternatives and, more importantly, because it uses Layers, to separate individual concerns).

Lead: Gunnar Andersson (Mercedes Benz)
Resources:
Meetings: Weekly status on Tuesday at 17:00 CET / 11:00 pm ET / 8:00 am PT (Community Calendar)

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