You can use the extensibility features available in Eclipse and the Rational® UML modeling products to increase your productivity when you work with assets and repositories that are based on the Reusable Asset Specification (RAS). The use and reuse of software assets can increase productivity, promote proven solutions and consistent architectures, reduce production costs, and save time by eliminating the duplication of design efforts.
The RAS component enables extensibility through Eclipse extension points and the RAS API. For more information about extending RAS product functionality, see the RAS API example reference.