Treat Requirements Like Code (TRLC)
TRLC is a domain-specific language developed at BMW for writing (and linking) requirements with meta-data.
The repository contains:
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The language reference manual for TRLC. Previous versions are also available.
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A pure Python reference implementation of TRLC.
The implementation is not very fast, but designed to be pedantically correct in following the language definition. The tools also include a powerful static analysis tool to find issues with types and user-defined check rules.
The Python implementation can be used for several purposes:
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It can be used to validate other TRLC implementations.
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It can be used to validate a body of requirements (e.g. a CI check that all requirements are well formed)
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The API can be used to write other tools based on TRLC (for example a tool to render the requirements in HTML, a tool to diff requirements or perform an impact analysis, or a tool to perform software traceability, etc.)
Documentation
For normal users
- Tutorial (read this as a first introduction)
- Bazel integration (how to use TRLC inside a Bazel build)
- User manual: TRLC linter (the user manual for the TRLC static analysis and linter)
- Release Notes (read this to find out what’s new)
- License
For advanced users
- Language Reference Manual (for language lawyers)
- Python API Documentation (API reference for end-users)
- AST Hierarchy (overview over all classes in the AST)
For TRLC developers
- Set up development environment
- Lexer/Parser Hierarchy (overview over all classes related to the lexing and parsing of TRLC)
- Tool Architecture Overview
- TRLC Static Checker Slides (Kinda incomplete, designed to go along with a code walkthrough)
- Requirements Coverage Report
- Code Coverage Report
Tools Available
- TRLC_RST: Convert TRLC Requirements for Sphinx Build
- Converters: Multiple converters from TRLC to other file formats. The tool suite is maintained by NewTec GmbH.
Dependencies
Run-time
Acknowledgements
Special thanks to Florian Schanda for his many valuable contributions to this repository.
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