Welcome to the SAFIRE.org, the reference site for SAFIRE features, and the design decisions behind the making of SAFIRE. There is also a reference manual for the SAFIRE graphical representation, the symbols & their meanings.

 

SAFIRE is a fully integrated development & run-time environment, optimised for the implementation & validation of signaling systems.  It was designed, developed and is supported by the SAFIRE World, the software engineering arm of Northern Venture Ltd.

 

SAFIRE is 100% graphical; functionality is represented as colorful flow diagrams, architecture is shown as hierarchical, interconnected blocks.

 

It covers the entire software development cycle, from specification to execution, test and documentation - 'the specification is the design, the design is the system, the system runs!'.

 

Applications created with SAFIRE can be directly executed; there is no need to develop, or use, additional software. Systems can be represented entirely graphically, and validated graphically too; test scenarios are designed using exactly the same methods.

 

SAFIRE is self-contained & complete; including innovative and pioneering features from a combination of hands-on experience and leading edge research, such as:

Fully graphical representation, with auto-layout

-- Increased readability, consistent documentation, reduced effort

Test capabilities using identical design methods

-- Reduced learning time, no extra tools needed

ASN.1 (1994) support, including encoding/decoding of PDUs

-- No extra tools needed, reduced cost, reduced system complexity

In conclusion, SAFIRE is a lightweight, easy-to-use (& learn) methodology with a strong, clean foundation - 'a powerful framework made up from the simplest, useful features'.

 

Behind SAFIRE.org is an international working group consisting of developers from the SAFIRE World, university researchers, industry professionals, SAFIRE users and interested persons. SAFIRE.org is the next generation of the work originally done by the SDL Task Force as an organisation recognised by the ITU-T (A.4 recommendation).

 

The SAFIRE.org working group discusses, reviews and considers new features, or changes to existing features; workshops addressing specific issues take place approximately on a quarterly basis, at a location chosen for convenience by the participants or hosting organisation.

 

The progress & results of the working group is documented here, at SAFIRE.org.