I am trying to create requirement using the OSLC API and trying to use Requirement Creation Factory.

I am basically a .NET guy and trying to understand how to do it using the REST client in Firefox.

Can somebody describe me the steps?

I have the following specific queries:

1. How do I define the requirement? Is there some specified structure?
2. Do I need to post to the Requirement Creation Factory URL the requirement as content?

I need specific answers. Please help me.

EDIT:

So far so good. I am able to create the requirements pretty well.

But I am wondering on the Links. I could create a link (Implemented By) using the REST Client using the following data in the POST:

    <code>
    <pre>
    <rdf:RDF
                xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#"
                xmlns:calm="http://jazz.net/xmlns/prod/jazz/calm/1.0/"
                xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/terms/"
                xmlns:oslc="http://open-services.net/ns/core#"
                xmlns:oslc_rm="http://open-services.net/ns/rm#"
                xmlns:public_rm_10="http://www.ibm.com/xmlns/rm/public/1.0/"
                xmlns:rm="http://www.ibm.com/xmlns/rdm/rdf/"
                xmlns:rm_property="https://inblr-3dvetfs.eu.uis.unisys.com:9443/rm/types/">
 
    <oslc_rm:Requirement rdf:about="https://inblr-3dvetfs.eu.uis.unisys.com:9443/rm/resources/_KKgOcKpVEeGbmvlxhFnwcw">
    <oslc:serviceProvider rdf:resource="https://inblr-3dvetfs.eu.uis.unisys.com:9443/rm/discovery/_wDCq0IObEeG9_P9JMaZ68g/services.xml"/>
    <dc:description rdf:parseType="Literal">This is a test document with Link: Kangkan</dc:description>
    <oslc:instanceShape rdf:resource="https://inblr-3dvetfs.eu.uis.unisys.com:9443/rm/types/_yauT4IObEeG9_P9JMaZ68g"/>
    <dc:creator rdf:resource="https://inblr-3dvetfs.eu.uis.unisys.com:9443/jts/users/GoswamiK"/>
    <dc:identifier rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string">40</dc:identifier>
    <dc:contributor rdf:resource="https://inblr-3dvetfs.eu.uis.unisys.com:9443/jts/users/GoswamiK"/>
    <rm_property:_wo4i24ObEeG9_P9JMaZ68g rdf:parseType="Literal">
                <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" id="_Nf2cQJKNEd25PMUBGiN3Dw"><h1 id="_DwpWsMueEd28xKN9fhQheA">This is a test document with Link: Kangkan</h1></div>
    </rm_property:_wo4i24ObEeG9_P9JMaZ68g>
    <rdf:type rdf:resource="http://open-services.net/ns/rm#Requirement"/>
    <dc:modified rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime">2012-05-30T12:44:12.918Z</dc:modified>
    <rm_property:_we6HcYObEeG9_P9JMaZ68g rdf:resource="https://inblr-3dvetfs.eu.uis.unisys.com:9443/rm/types/_wsBWaYObEeG9_P9JMaZ68g#Text"/>
    <dc:title rdf:parseType="Literal">This is a test document with implementedBy: https://inblr-3dvetfs.eu.uis.unisys.com:9443/rm/resources/_2-uHoIRYEeG9_P9JMaZ68g - Kangkan</dc:title>
    <dc:created rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime">2012-05-30T12:44:12.918Z</dc:created>
  <oslc_rm:implementedBy rdf:resource="https://inblr-3dvetfs.eu.uis.unisys.com:9443/rm/resources/_2-uHoIRYEeG9_P9JMaZ68g"/></oslc_rm:Requirement>
    </rdf:RDF>
    </pre>
    </code>

However, when I send a traceTo in place of implementedBy, the link is not created (the requirement gets created anyway).

I also added a new link type (traceability) with relations Trace To and Trace From. But could not create such a link when I specify traceTo in the RDF that I send.

Can somebody help me doing this?


<b>Another update and good news</b>

Just used the Reporting API https://server:port/rm/publish/resources/* and could see all the links that I created, though they are not visible when I try to see them in the links window in the dashboard. A bug or a feature??