An ODP Approach to the Development of Large Middleware Systems

7/2/99


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Table of Contents

An ODP Approach to the Development of Large Middleware Systems

Problems with Large Systems

Stages in Growth

Stages in Growth (2)

Growth and Reconfiguration

Residual Boundaries

Growth Artefacts

Open Distributed Processing

Viewpoints

Why Specify an Enterprise Viewpoint?

Viewpoints and the Tool Chain

Impact of Enterprise Changes

Timing and Versions

Communities

Community Roles

Community and Environment

Refining the Core Community

Composition of Communities

Composing Communities (2)

Composing Communities (3)

Composing Communities (4)

Obligation by Utility

Optimization

Social Actions

The Enterprise Language

The ODP Naming Framework

Namespaces and Contexts

Name Resolution

Name Resolution Step

Naming Example

Communication of Names

Federation of Naming Domains

Export Context

Federation Context

The Type Repository

Structure of Type Repository

Use of the Type Repository

The OMG MOF

Interface References & Binding

Content of Interface Reference

Direct or Indirect?

Indirect Interpretation

Representing Interface References

Binding Protocol

Binding Process

Protocol Support

Implications for the Tool Chain

Tool Configuration

Spread of Knowledge

Conclusions

Author: peter linington

Email: pfl@ukc.ac.uk