The increasing complexity in the development of automotive software requires the development information over the complete lifecycle to be adequately formalized and systematically integrated as well as to automate sub-activities. Given this background the project analyses an integrated architecture information model as the core element of a strictly model-based software engineering approach. Based on a prototyped modeling environment the project studies the extent as to which such an approach can be realized by means of MDA techniques (Model Driven Architecture) and domain-specific automotive software (EAST-ADL).

The principle is DaimlerChrysler Research & Technology.