Transmittal Format - Requirements
Platform Independence:
- Both software and files
- Adapts to platform’s word order
Fully Support the SEDRIS Data Representation Model:
- Full expressive power of the DRM
- Data driven via DRM support functions
- Completely loss-less with respect to objects instantiated by the data provider
Space Efficient Media Storage: Minimal overhead with respect to the size of the SEDRIS objects stored
Run-time Efficiency:
- Efficient with respect to both memory and processing time
- Heavier emphasis on extraction performance than on insertion
Insulate Developers from Implementation Details:
- Format and software can evolve independently from applications
SW Implementation abstracts system services to simplify portability:
- Marshals system resources
- Supports platform specific tuning to enhance performance