Conformiq Input on TDL 3 Discussion

General TDL3 should just be one of many initiatives to make TDL tooling happen The real tools should be produced by the ETSI members Goal should be to facilitate UCAAT demos and in particular integrations with STF tooling and other tools Any TDL3 tool on its own will always and only be on part of the puzzle Support of import and export is more critical than extend of actual TDL concept coverage The TDL3 tool should focus on the ETSI use case (i.e., use of TDL in ETSI standardization)

On Editor Platform Choice Conformiq has extensive experience in working with DSL editor implementation GMF based editors require very high development effort At the same time Conformiq has made very positive experience with editors developed for creating graphical syntax for DSLs Conformiq strongly advises against using GMF in the context of the TDL3 STF

On Editor Implementation Priorities Target should be full support for viewing STF target should focus on basic TDL editing support Atomic behavior Basic combined behavior (alternative, loop, conditional) Basic data (simple type, variable, parameter, any) Backlog Test purpose Test configuration Advanced data (structured, optionality) Time Advanced combined behavior (exceptional, periodic, etc)