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Association for Standardisation of Automation and Measuring Systems
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<p>Association for Standardization of Automation and Measuring Systems or ASAM is an incorporated association under German law. Its members are primarily international car manufacturers, suppliers and engineering service providers from the <a href="/facts/Automotive_industry/fGFKUIlA">automotive industry</a>. The association coordinates the development of technical standards, which are developed by working groups composed of experts from its member companies. ASAM pursues the vision that the tools of a development process chain can be freely interconnected and allow a seamless exchange of data. The standards define <a href="/facts/Communications_protocol/5uady7cB">protocols</a>, <a href="/facts/Data_model/j1YyzpJ3">data models</a>, <a href="/facts/File_format/qrXbwJaH">file formats</a> and <a href="/facts/Application_programming_interface/GMlN4vUr">application programming interfaces</a> (<a href="/facts/Application_programming_interface/GMlN4vUr">APIs</a>) for the use in the development and testing of automotive electronic control units. A large amount of popular tools in the areas of simulation, measurement, calibration and test automation are compliant to ASAM standards. Compliance shall guarantee interoperability of tools from different vendors, allow data exchange without the need for converters, and facilitate the exchange of unambiguous <a href="/facts/Specification_(technical_standard)/xEMUsktp">specification</a> between customers and suppliers. </p><p>ASAM standards utilize other public standards such as <a href="/facts/Unified_Modeling_Language/3tlNS0tH">UML</a>, <a href="/facts/XML/clNgUfWk">XML</a> and <a href="/facts/CORBA/VUDlTHs5">CORBA</a>, hence remaining independent from specific <a href="/facts/Information_technology/glMzunwe">IT</a> technologies or platforms. Furthermore, ASAM closely cooperates with other organizations such as <a href="/facts/International_Organization_for_Standardization/IacYR7Yg">ISO</a> and <a href="/facts/AUTOSAR/xYvgNogc">AUTOSAR</a>. </p>