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The NIST EXPRESS Toolkit is a software library for building EXPRESS-related tools. The NIST Part 21 Exchange File Toolkit is a software library for building Part-21 related tools. This paper describes how to use applications such as fedex and p21, which are stand-alone programs that read and report errors in EXPRESS schemas and Part 21 exchange files. Readers of this document need no knowledge of the internals of the toolkits.
compiler, Express, implementation, National PDES Testbed, PDES, STEP
Citation
Libes, D.
(1993),
The NIST EXPRESS Toolkit: Using Applications, NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.IR.5206
(Accessed November 4, 2025)