4. Use of the AADL Tool Environment (OSATE)
OSATE is implemented as an extension of the Eclipse platform. As a result, some of the basic functionality of the OSATE is that of Eclipse itself.  This includes browsing, editing, management of files, team support through an interface with CVS or other version control systems, error/problem reporting, etc.  The Eclipse online help facility provides a good introduction to the basics of Eclipse. It also contains this OSATE user manual and the AADL standard as reference manual in a browsable and searchable form. The Eclipse, OSATE, and AADL help is found under the Help menu as Help Content.
In this guide we focus on describing functionality that is specific to the AADL plug-ins or that is necessary for interacting with AADL models in Eclipse.