An integrated verification and manufacturability tool provides more efficient
verification of integrated device designs than verification using several different
verification tools. The integrated verification and manufacturability includes
a hierarchical database to store shared design data accessed by multiple verification
tool components (e.g., layout versus schematic, design rule check, optical process
correction, phase shift mask assignment and machine language conversion). The hierarchical
database includes representations of one or more additional, or intermediate layer
structures that are created and used by the verification tool components for operations
performed on the design being verified. Use of a single hierarchical database having
shared data for access and use by multiple verification components streamlines
the verification process, which provides an improved verification tool.