Using active messages to implement office procedures

Consideration is given to how to use the concept of active message to implement office information systems (OISs) effectively in a distributed environment. The authors introduce the concept of active messages, discuss the characteristics of office procedures and the SCOOP (System for Computerization of Office Processing) model, give the framework for implementing an OIS in a distributed environment using active messages, and summarize the contributions and future work. The transformation scheme from an office specification language to Amessages (active messages that are structured objects) is given. The transformation from SCOOP nets to Amessages is used as an example