DocumentCode :
2729191
Title :
A Perspective on the Future of Middleware-based Software Engineering
Author :
Issarny, Valerie ; Caporuscio, Mauro ; Georgantas, Nikolaos
Author_Institution :
INRIA-Rocquencourt, Le Chesnay
fYear :
2007
fDate :
23-25 May 2007
Firstpage :
244
Lastpage :
258
Abstract :
Middleware is a software layer that stands between the networked operating system and the application and provides well known reusable solutions to frequently encountered problems like heterogeneity, interoperability, security, dependability. Further, with networks becoming increasingly pervasive, middleware appears as a major building block for the development of future software systems. Starting with the impact of pervasive networking on computing models, manifested by now common grid and ubiquitous computing, this paper surveys related challenges for the middleware and related impact on the software development. Indeed, future applications will need to cope with advanced non-functional properties such as context- awareness and mobility, for which adequate middleware support must be devised together with accompanying software development notations, methods and tools. This leads us to introduce our view on next generation middleware, considering both technological advances in the networking area but also the need for closer integration with software engineering best practices, to ultimately suggest middleware-based software processes.
Keywords :
grid computing; middleware; mobile computing; network operating systems; software engineering; advanced nonfunctional properties; context-awareness properties; dependability problem; grid computing; heterogeneity problem; interoperability problem; middleware-based software engineering; mobility properties; networked operating system; security problem; software development; ubiquitous computing; Application software; Computer networks; Grid computing; Middleware; Operating systems; Pervasive computing; Programming; Software engineering; Software reusability; Software systems;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Future of Software Engineering, 2007. FOSE '07
Conference_Location :
Minneapolis, MN
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-2829-5
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/FOSE.2007.2
Filename :
4221624
Link To Document :
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