OpenROAD applications and source components can be exported to and imported from XML. This file format is human readable, produces clean differences between different revisions of a file, allows changes to be merged, and enables OpenROAD source components to be managed by a variety of SCM systems.

Applications can be exported from OpenROAD with or without components. (Exporting without components is useful for creating empty applications before importing components.) Files can be imported and exported with or without XML metadata (AlterBy, AlterDate, Creator, CreateDate).

For more information, see the AppSource class, ExportApp and ImportComp methods; and the CompSource class, ExportComp method in the Language Reference Guide. Also see the System Reference Summary.