SoftDock: a distributed collaborative platform for model-based software development

Author

Suzuki, Junichi ; Yamamoto, Yoshikazu

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci., Keio Univ., Yokohama, Japan

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

672

Lastpage

676

Abstract

The paper describes our SoftDock system, which is a distributed model management system to support collaborative software development. SoftDock leverages the team development, tool interoperability, and model continuity across development lifecycle. It supports Unified Modeling Language (UML) to specify software models, and maintains the model information with UML eXchange Format (UXF), which is a XML-based model interchange format. UXF-encoded model descriptions are shared and managed through the Document Object Model (DOM) interface implemented on top of CORBA (Common Object Request Broker Architecture) middleware. The paper describes the SoftDock architecture, system organization, and design considerations in managing UXF descriptions in the distributed environment

Keywords

client-server systems; distributed object management; distributed programming; electronic data interchange; groupware; hypermedia markup languages; open systems; CORBA; Common Object Request Broker Architecture; DOM interface; Document Object Model; UML eXchange Format; UXF descriptions; UXF-encoded model descriptions; Unified Modeling Language; XML-based model interchange format; collaborative software development; design considerations; development lifecycle; distributed collaborative platform; distributed environment; distributed model management system; middleware; model based software development; model continuity; model information; software models; system organization; team development; tool interoperability; Collaborative software; Computer science; Electrical capacitance tomography; Identity-based encryption; Programming; Software development management; Software tools; Technology management; Unified modeling language; XML;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Database and Expert Systems Applications, 1999. Proceedings. Tenth International Workshop on

Conference_Location

Florence

Print_ISBN

0-7695-0281-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/DEXA.1999.795265

Filename

795265