EAST-ADL is an Architecture Description Language (ADL) for automotive embedded systems, developed in several European research projects.
EAST-ADL is a domain-specific language using meta-modeling constructs such as classes, attributes, and relationships.
It is based on concepts from UML, SysML and AADL, but adapted for automotive needs and compliance with AUTOSAR.
The embedded system is complete on each abstraction level, and parts of the model are linked with various traceability relations.
The EAST-ADL scope comprises support for the main phases of software development, from early analysis via functional design to the implementation and back to integration and validation on vehicle level.
Thus, EAST-ADL and AUTOSAR in concert provide means for efficient development and management of the complexity of automotive embedded systems from early analysis right down to implementation.
Currently, the exchange format is supported by the EAST-ADL prototype of Mentor Graphics VSA, MetaEdit+ and SystemWeaver.