23. A system for managing parameters of a semiconductor component, a cell, a library of components, or a library of cells in electronic design automation (EDA) software to modify a functionality of an integrated circuit, the system comprising: a non-transitory computer readable medium for storing a Component Description Format (CDF) file that describes the component, cell, or library parameters and contains parameter fields that have programming code that interacts with the EDA software via one of: (i) execution of the query with a scripting language binding that uses a design database of the integrated circuit or (ii) execution of the query with an application programming interface and a processor executing instructions to operate the EDA software and to: receive a query to the EDA software in response to input; augment the query with at least a first search instruction stored in a first file; augment the CDF file by the first file, to contain at least one additional field; perform the augmented query in at least one field in the augmented CDF file; determine whether there is at least one matching parameter within the component, cell, or library parameters based on the query; and display and emphasize the at least one matching parameter on a display to facilitate creation of the integrated circuit, wherein the first file is stored in a location external to the non-transitory computer readable medium and eligible for association with CDF files in addition to the CDF file stored on the non-transitory computer readable medium.
23. A system for managing parameters of a semiconductor component, a cell, a library of components, or a library of cells in electronic design automation (EDA) software to modify a functionality of an integrated circuit, the system comprising: a non-transitory computer readable medium for storing a Component Description Format (CDF) file that describes the component, cell, or library parameters and contains parameter fields that have programming code that interacts with the EDA software via one of: (i) execution of the query with a scripting language binding that uses a design database of the integrated circuit or (ii) execution of the query with an application programming interface and a processor executing instructions to operate the EDA software and to: receive a query to the EDA software in response to input; augment the query with at least a first search instruction stored in a first file; augment the CDF file by the first file, to contain at least one additional field; perform the augmented query in at least one field in the augmented CDF file; determine whether there is at least one matching parameter within the component, cell, or library parameters based on the query; and display and emphasize the at least one matching parameter on a display to facilitate creation of the integrated circuit, wherein the first file is stored in a location external to the non-transitory computer readable medium and eligible for association with CDF files in addition to the CDF file stored on the non-transitory computer readable medium. 24. The system of claim 23 , wherein the processor further executes instructions to: modify the first search instruction with a second search instruction; and augment the query with the edited first search instruction.