AMD/AXL Export

ASCET provides the XML-based export format *.amd. The required XML schemas for the current version are delivered with ASCET; they are stored in the Schemas subdirectory of your ASCET installation.

When you select this export format, several *.amd files are created for each exported component. These files store the various information. The names of these files are created as follows:

<component name>.<information type>.amd

The tables list the information types and file content of AMD export files:

• for projects

  Information type		Content
  main		Names and properties of the elements in the project (Properties Editor)
  data		Data of the elements in the project (Data Editor)
  experiments		Experiment environments defined in the project (Experimentation)
  implementation		Implementations of the elements in the project (Editing Implementations)
  specification		Specification details (e.g., structure of the diagram in the Graphics tab)
  meta		Meta data of the project (e.g., time stamps for formulas or implementation types)
  project		Project-specific data such as operating system configuration (Scheduling in the OS Editor), project settings (Project Settings)
  project.formulas		Formulas defined in the project (Adding Formulas)
  project.implementationTypes		Implementation types defined in the project (Implementation Types)

• for components

  Information type		Content
  main		Names and properties of the elements in the component (Properties Editor)
  data		Data of the elements in the component (Data Editor)
  experiments		Experiment environments defined in the component (Experimentation
  implementation		Implementations of the elements in the component (Editing Implementations)
  specification		Specification details (e.g., interface information, block diagram structure, code of an ESDL or C code component)
  meta		Meta data of the component (e.g., time stamp of the last change of a global element)
  main.dp		Names and properties of the elements in the default project of the component
  data.dp		Data of the elements in the default project
  experiments.dp		Experiment environments defined in the default project
  implementation.dp		Implementations of the elements in the default project
  specification.dp		Specification details of the default project
  meta.dp		Meta data of the default project
  project.dp		project-specific data for the default project, such as operating system configuration (Scheduling in the OS Editor), project settings (Project Settings)
  project.formulas.dp		Formulas defined in the default project (Adding Formulas)
  project.implementationTypes.dp		Implementation types defined in the default project (Implementation Types)

Each AMD file contains a signature which is used, during import, to check whether the file was changed between export and import.

If duplicate paths, i.e. database/workspace items with identical name and path, but different OID, are detected during AMD export, an error window opens that lists the affected items and asks you to rename them. The export is aborted.

If desired, the AMD files can be collected and compressed into a Zip file during export. This Zip file has the extension *.axl.

To make sure that the files cannot be read by everyone during exchange, ASCET provides the possibility to encrypt the AMD export files. You can enter an encryption key in the respective field of the Export node of the ASCET "Options" window.

To allow import with previous ASCET versions, you can select the target ASCET version for the AMD export in the respective field of the Export node of the ASCET "Options" window.

See also

Exporting Folders and Database/Workspace Items

Export Options

Properties Editor

Data Editor

Experimentation

Editing Implementations

Scheduling in the OS Editor

Project Settings

Adding Formulas

Implementation Types