IDEF is a family of modeling languages used in systems and software engineering. The letters first stood for ICAM Definition and were reinterpreted in 1999 as Integration Definition. The languages cover a wide range of uses, from functional modeling to data modeling, simulation, object-oriented analysis and design, and knowledge acquisition. They were developed with funding from the United States Air Force, and although they remain most common in that service and in other military and Department of Defense agencies, they are in the public domain. The two best known members of the family are IDEF0, a functional modeling language that builds on the Structured Analysis and Design Technique (SADT), and IDEF1X, which deals with information models and database design.
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initiated in the 1970s at the US Air Force Materials Laboratory
In Field: Systems Engineering, Lead sentence
is a family of modeling languages in the field of systems and software engineering
In Field: Software Engineering, Lead sentence
is a family of modeling languages in the field of systems and software engineering
Associated With: IDEF0, Lead, second paragraph
IDEF0, a functional modeling language building on SADT
In Group: Software Requirements and Architecture Practices, Lead paragraph
IDEF, initially an abbreviation of ICAM Definition and renamed in 1999 as Integration Definition, is a family of modeling languages in the field of systems and software engineering.
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Associated With: IDEF3, Lead, final sentenceQuote, Associated With: IDEF3, Lead, final sentence
This method is part of the IDEF family of modeling languages in the field of systems and software engineering.
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