Editing IDEF (section)

== Overview of IDEF methods ==
IDEF refers to a family of [[modeling language]], which cover a wide range of uses, from functional modeling to data, simulation, object-oriented analysis/design and knowledge acquisition. Eventually the IDEF methods have been defined up to IDEF14:  
* [[IDEF0]]: Function modeling<ref>[http://www.idef.com/IDEF0.htm IDEFØ Overview] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305001934/http://www.idef.com/IDEF0.htm |date=2016-03-05 }} at idef.com</ref>
* [[IDEF1X#History|IDEF1]]: Information modeling<ref>[http://www.idef.com/IDEF1.htm IDEF1 Overview] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303225827/http://www.idef.com/IDEF1.htm |date=2016-03-03 }} at idef.com</ref>
* [[IDEF1X]]: Data modeling<ref>[http://www.idef.com/IDEF1x.htm IDEF1x Overview] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308075846/http://www.idef.com/idef1X.htm |date=2016-03-08 }} at idef.com</ref>
* [[IDEF2]]: Simulation model design
* [[IDEF3]]: Process description capture<ref>[http://www.idef.com/IDEF3.htm IDEF3 Overview] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100425012200/http://www.idef.com/IDEF3.htm |date=2010-04-25 }} at idef.com</ref>
* [[IDEF4]]: Object-oriented design<ref>[http://www.idef.com/IDEF4.htm IDEF4 Overview] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160227141819/http://www.idef.com/IDEF4.htm |date=2016-02-27 }} at idef.com</ref>
* [[IDEF5]]: Ontology description capture<ref>[http://www.idef.com/IDEF5.htm IDEF5 Overview] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303225811/http://www.idef.com/IDEF5.htm |date=2016-03-03 }} at idef.com</ref>
* [[IDEF6]]: Design rationale capture<ref name= "MGM90"/>
* IDEF7: Information system auditing
* [[IDEF8]]: User interface modeling
* [[IDEF9]]: Business constraint discovery
* IDEF10: Implementation architecture modeling
* IDEF11: Information artifact modeling
* IDEF12: Organization modeling
* IDEF13: Three-schema mapping design
* [[IDEF14]]: Network design

In 1995 only the [[IDEF0]], [[IDEF1X]], [[IDEF2]], [[IDEF3]] and [[IDEF4]] had been developed in full.<ref>Robert P. Hanrahan [http://www.stsc.hill.af.mil/crosstalk/1995/06/IDEF.asp The IDEF Process Modeling Methodology] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070126094915/http://www.stsc.hill.af.mil/crosstalk/1995/06/IDEF.asp |date=2007-01-26 }}. Software Technology Support Center. 1995</ref> Some of the other IDEF concepts had some preliminary design. Some of the last efforts were new IDEF developments in 1995 toward establishing reliable methods for business constraint discovery [[IDEF9]], design rationale capture [[IDEF6]], human system, interaction design [[IDEF8]], and network design [[IDEF14]].<ref name="May05">[[Richard J. Mayer]] (1995) et al. [http://www.idef.com/pdf/compendium.pdf Information Integration for Concurrent Engineering (IICE) Compendium of methods report] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070711223834/http://www.idef.com/pdf/compendium.pdf |date=2007-07-11 }}. Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio 45433-7604.</ref>

The methods IDEF7, IDEF10, IDEF11, IDEF 12 and IDEF13 haven't been developed any further than their initial definition.<ref>[http://it.toolbox.com/blogs/enterprise-solutions/idef-standards-overview-18730 Observations from a Tech Architect: Enterprise Implementation Issues & Solutions] Craig Borysowich. Accessed 20 Jan 2009.</ref>