Apache Ant is a Java-based build tool similar to the UNIX® make utility. With Ant, you can describe the steps that are required to build an application using an XML-based script. Rational Team Concert™ for System z® provides a set of extensions to Apache Ant called Ant with enterprise extensions that makes it possible to build z/OS-based applications using Ant.
You can also use the Rational Team Concert for System z Language Definition Generator tool to automate the creation of data set definitions, translators, and language definitions. For more information on the Language Definition Generator, see Rational Team Concert for System z language definitions generator overview.