The Electronic Components Domain Specifications address the traditional electronic components for PCB domain. The content relevant to the traditional component domain is precisely and unambiguously defined in a computer-sensible EC dictionary. The ECIX QuickData 2 release described below is designed to be RosettaNet compliant and adds important new functionality, while minimizing migration impact for implementers already invested in prior releases of QuickData. A zip of the primary QuickData 2 documentation set is available. All appropriate documentation will be transitioned to RosettaNet during the development of PIP TM 2A9.
Most software can process the new DTD as before, simply ignoring the new tags or attributes.
Existing software would have to be modified to take advantage of the new features. Using PIP2A9 and the QuickData EC Domain specifications, customers can query for electronic components with specified parametric values. For example, with this specification, an engineer could develop a query for a 64M DRAM memory in a SIPP package, with an access time less than some value, and have that one query sent to multiple suppliers at the same time, with all matching responses obtained in real time for designer review. The EC domain includes support for several types of objects that can be requested via queries. The content relevant to the SoC component domain is precisely and unambiguously defined in a computer-sensible dictionary.