OSLC (Open Services for Lifecycle Collaboration) provides a set of specifications to connect your data and achieve the digital thread across domains, applications, and organizations. Its core purpose is to provide a standardized and web-based approach for exchanging data between tools and systems across the software and product development lifecycles, without replicating data or implementing new interfaces. OSLC reduces silos, enables seamless collaboration across domains, facilitates maintaining traceability, and enables interoperability.
How OSLC uses the linked data concept for exchanging data
OSLC is heavily inspired by how the web was built. OSLC integrations access tool artifacts by using linked data following specific guidelines (use URLs as names, etc). Contrary to integrations solutions that use data mapping or data synchronization, linked data solutions allow systems to access data directly from another product. You can use data linkages to create relationships between related engineering artifacts (e.g. requirements, tests, issues, etc) without duplicating or replicating data. OSLC integrations simplify key integration scenarios where users can work seamlessly across heterogeneous tools.
