OmniBuilder is a truly OPEN development environment in many ways:

1. By complying to industry standards and methods
   
   • ANSI SQL and ODBC
   • C++ and Java code generation
   • N-tier support of CORBA and DCOM
   • HTML and SGML interfaces
   • Complies with OLE
   • Supports UML, OMT and Information Engineering methods
   • Captures Use Cases, business requirements, processes and activities
   • Import of full or partial Business Templates
   
   
2. By allowing customization of the generation engine itself
   
   • Ability to modify generation via 'Generate templates'
   • User and system documentation customized with templates
   • New technologies can be added by the user or by OmniSphere
   • Design components added using Design Patterns
   • Custom design GUI controls
   
   
3. By giving open access to 3rd party tools
   
   • Components can be dropped in
   • Generates test scripts for 3rd party testing tools
   • 3rd party DLL functions and procedures are directly callable
   • Interfaces to Project Management tools