Archetype Definition Language 2 (ADL2) vAM 2.3.0

This document describes the design basis and syntax of the Archetype Definition Language (ADL) 2.x, a new major version of ADL that contains structural changes with respect to the ADL 1.x versions. It is intended for software developers, technically oriented domain specialists and subject matter experts (SMEs). ADL is designed as an abstract human-readable and computer-processible syntax.

Main sections:

· Overview

· File encoding and character quoting

· cADL – Constraint ADL

· ADL paths

· Default values

· ADL – Archetype Definition Language

· Terminology integration

· Specialisation

· Templates

· Appendix A: Relationship of ADL to other formalisms

· Appendix B: Syntax specification