Dynamic schema-based silicon IP analysis, qualification, data exchange, and integration

A machine-accessible medium containing instructions effective, when executing in a data processing system, to cause said data processing system to perform operations comprising:

• determining a new resident schema associated with a function of a silicon IP design system, the new resident schema being different than a previous resident schema associated with a current view;
• analyzing components of the new resident schema;
• parsing the current view based on the new resident schema to extract data from the current view;
• and
• generating a new view by mapping the extracted data to the new resident schema, the new view comprising viewable data associated with the function of the design system.

A schema-based IP management module system, the system comprising:

• a management module user interface to receive inputs from a user and to display generated views to a user;
• a silicon IP database interface to transmit and receive information from a silicon IP database based on a schema;
• one or more functional modules in communication with the silicon IP database interface, the one or more functional modules being adapted to perform a function associated with an IP;
• and
• a schema manager in communication with the one or more functional modules and the silicon IP database interface, the schema manager being adapted to collaborate with one of the functional modules to analyze a schema, parse a current view based on the schema, and to generate a new view by mapping data from the current view to the new schema.