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Introduction

Before we proceed, I like to explain the entities used in this context.
  • An asset is (software) component with provides functions or services used by products.
  • A product consists of assets and products specific components. Additional to that a product may succeed another product ("new product generation")
  • Each item has at least one root feature
  • A feature may have optional, mandatory or mutual exclusive child features (alternative).
  • Each feature may have constraints. A feature may require another feature or they may exlude each other.
  • Each product can be configured, assets only in cohesion with products
  • A configuration is an instance of a valid feature combination (similar to an object-class relation)
You may open the example file mobile.xml (included in the distribution) via menu File-Open or pressing the button with the open folder icon in the toolbar. The example file is located in the examples directory.

But first we should proceed step by step to give you an idea how to use FOPPS.