SynaptiCAD's DataSheet Pro puts documentation professionals on the cutting edge by allowing timing diagrams in TDML format to be included directly into data sheets. OLE (Object Linking and Embedding) provides a quick way to manage image files and the corresponding timing diagram files inside word processing documents. With OLE, word processing programs can embed timing diagram images which remember the timing diagram file and program which created them. If you double click on the embedded image, DataSheet Pro will automatically launch and load the corresponding timing diagram file. Any changes to the timing diagram file will automatically update the embedded image. This makes it very easy to manage a large number of timing diagrams because two separate files need not be maintained for each diagram. OLE is supported by many of the most popular documentation programs like MS Word and FrameMaker.

IP vendors are also gearing up to release transaction protocols as TDML timing diagrams. For designers, one of the major challenges to using IP is to determine a method for communicating with the IP block. Timing diagrams provide a concise visual description of cause-effect relationships between transaction events and have long been used to describe the rules that must be followed for successful communication with an IP block. TDML provides an open format for distribution of protocol specifications, enabling IP vendors to release complete interface information without locking their customer base down to a specific EDA tool suite.