Software Cabling is now ScalPL:  Scalable Planning Language

Elepar's core technology, called Software Cabling, has been under development for over a decade, and over that time, the world has changed.  Each time Elepar decides to focus on a target market, the market broadens.  Approaches like UML, XML, Java, web services, grids, distributed computing, online games and multi-core chips have all come to fruition during this period, with major impacts on computing and large-scale systems in general, and Software Cabling has always had important technologies that apply directly to leveraging all of these approaches.

Even so, getting the word out has not been easy.  From your feedback, we have recognized that part of the problem is the very words we are using.  While some followers have found the hardware analogies used in our documentation (chips, pins, boards, sockets, cables) familiar and intuitive, others have found these analogies daunting and confusing.  Another part of the problem is the lack of any central source for information.  Our white papers and web pages have helped to whet some appetites, but the path to the subsequent feast has apparently remained elusive.  And finally, we are still learning to understand our audience.  Our technology was born in the research community, was raised in the applied research community, but needs to mature in the neighborhoods where the people live--and we need you to help mold us and our goals.

And so, Software Cabling has evolved to ScalPL (pronounced "scalpel"), described in this document, "Introduction to ScalPL and L23" (Executive Summary, PDF).  We have tried to use terminology which will be more familiar familiar to a broad audience, demonstrating the broad applicability of these technologies, not only to software but to planning any large complex potentially-concurrent set of tasks.  We have also explained many of ScalPL's important constructs and planning methods with words and examples.  If it is unclear as to how this technology might apply to your specific issues, we hope that we can help make it clear.

Please help yourself to the document, and please let us know if you think we can better address your specific needs.  Or better yet, work with us to help further evolve this technology.  We strive to play nicely with others.