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--- geda:xml_file_formats [2014/04/15 14:04]
rlutz Symbol Library Hacker task is now discussed at geda:todos
+++ geda:xml_file_formats [2015/07/24 15:47]
jt_eaton
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   * Finish convert-symbol.pl.
   * Write XSLT to convert "xpart" file back to .sym/.fp format.
+====== IP-Xact ======
+IP-Xact (IEEE-1685] is an industry standard xml schema for packaging and distributing IP and could be adopted by gEDA for internal use as well. Its main advantage is that it uses a component name that is guaranteed to be unique and will never have name collisions with any other IP-Xact components in the world. Each component has a four field identifier called the VLNV ( Vendor name, Library name, Component name and Version) Vendors use a URL that they own for their vendor name and no other IP-Xact file in the world will use that same name.
+The vendor name can also be the URL where the IP repository is available for download. Instantiating a VLNV  with github.com, github username and user repo name not only identifies the repository but can automatically download it if it is not already in you local design environment.
+IP-Xact allows for the creation of a geda namespace and the addition of any geda specific extensions through the use of <spirit:vendorExtensions>

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