17 Facts About IDEF

IDEF, initially an abbreviation of ICAM Definition and renamed in 1999 as Integration Definition, is a family of modeling languages in the field of systems and software engineering.

IDEF originally stood for ICAM Definition, initiated in the 1970s at the US Air Force Materials Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio by Dennis E Wisnosky, Dan L Shunk, and others.

IDEF was a product of the ICAM initiative of the United States Air Force.

IDEF1 was developed under ICAM program priority 1102 by Robert R Brown of the Hughes Aircraft Company, under contract to SofTech, Inc Brown had previously been responsible for the development of IMS while working at Rockwell International.

IDEF program was funded by the government, the techniques are in the public domain.

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Third IDEF was originally intended as a user interface modeling method.

However, since the Integrated Computer-Aided Manufacturing program needed a simulation modeling tool, the resulting IDEF2 was a method for representing the time varying behavior of resources in a manufacturing system, providing a framework for specification of math model based simulations.

Development of IDEF4 came from the recognition that the modularity, maintainability and code reusability that results from the object-oriented programming paradigm can be realized in traditional data processing applications.

IDEF4 seeks to provide the necessary facilities to support the object-oriented design decision making process.

IDEF5, or integrated definition for ontology description capture method, is a software engineering method to develop and maintain usable, accurate, domain ontologies.

The IDEF5 method has three main components: A graphical language to support conceptual ontology analysis, a structured text language for detailed ontology characterization, and a systematic procedure that provides guidelines for effective ontology capture.

IDEF6, or integrated definition for design rationale capture, is a method to facilitate the acquisition, representation, and manipulation of the design rationale used in the development of enterprise systems.

IDEF6 is a method that possesses the conceptual resources and linguistic capabilities needed.

IDEF6 is applicable to all phases of the information system development process, from initial conceptualization through both preliminary and detailed design activities.

IDEF8, or integrated definition for human-system interaction design, is a method for producing high-quality designs of interactions between users and the systems they operate.

At this level of design, IDEF8 provides a library of metaphors to help users and designers specify the desired behavior in terms of other objects whose behavior is more familiar.

IDEF14, or integrated definition for network design method, is a method that targets the modeling and design of computer and communication networks.