1st Edition
Building Enterprise Systems with ODP An Introduction to Open Distributed Processing
THE FRAMEWORK: What Is ODP About? THE VIEWPOINTS: Enterprise Viewpoint. Information Viewpoint. Computational LanguageViewpoint. Engineering Viewpoint. Technology Viewpoint. Correspondences—Joining It All Up. USING ODP: Conformance—Does It Do the Right Thing?. Transparencies—Hiding Common Problems. Policies—Tracking Changing Requirements. Federation—Talking to Strangers. Using Existing Products. System Evolution—Moving the Goalposts. MOVING ON: Modelling Styles. Sharp Tools. A Broader View. Appendices. Bibliography. Index.
Biography
Peter F. Linington is Emeritus Professor of Computer Communication at the University of Kent. He has been involved in the standardization of the ODP Reference Model and its various supporting standards since the activity started. He has also co-chaired WODPEC, the main workshop in this area, since its inception.
Zoran Milosevic is a principal of Deontik Pty Ltd., a consulting and software company specializing in business processes, business policies, complex event processing, and enterprise architectures. He was the founder of IEEE’s EDOC conference and was involved in the standardization of the ODP Enterprise Language.
Akira Tanaka is a founder of view5 LLC, a consulting company that applies viewpoints and model-based approaches to software development. He has been involved in RM-ODP standardization from its early days.
Antonio Vallecillo is a Professor of Languages and Information Systems at the University of Málaga. His research interests include open distributed processing, model-based engineering, componentware, and software quality. He was co-editor of ITU-T Rec. X.906 | ISO/IEC 19793 (UML4ODP) and the revised versions of RM-ODP Parts 2 and 3 (ITU-T X.902-X.903 | ISO/IEC 10746-2/3).
