Open Distributed Processing: Proceedings of the IFIP TC6/WG6.4 International Workshop on Open Distributed Processing, Berlin, Germany, 8-11 October 1991Jan de Meer, Volker Heymer, Rudolf Roth Open Distributed Processing is a central field in the standardization activities of ISO and CCITT. This volume presents important cornerstones related to ODP: an introduction to the ISO Basic Reference Model, providing the framework for future standards in the area of ODP; the architectural implications of ODP; the methods and techniques to model information needs in enterprises; a report on the CCITT studies on Intelligent Networks for new telecommunication services; a report on the Telecommunication Information Networking Architecture Initiative for the synergy between computing and telecommunication; and the fundamental concepts for object-oriented design based on formal descriptions. |
Contents
The Challenge of ODP | 15 |
Enterprise Modelling A Necessary Basis for Modern Information Systems | 29 |
Rationale for Intelligent Networks | 69 |
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abstract abstract data types activities allomorphism ANSAware application component approach architecture aspects attributes Basic Reference Model behaviour CCITT client communication context concepts configuration cooperation CSCW data objects database defined definition described distributed application distributed systems domain dynamic engineering enterprise viewpoint entities environment example export federation Figure formal framework functions Heymer identified IFIP implementation import contract importing trader information model information system inheritance integrated interaction points interface internal interworking interworking function invocation ISO/IEC language layer logical manipulation mechanisms multiple inheritance nodes object oriented object-oriented Open Distributed Processing Open Systems Interconnection operating system port programming programming language protocol PSTN Publishers B.V. North-Holland requirements Roth Editors schema Science Publishers B.V. semantics server service types specification standards structure techniques telecommunication template temporal logic tion transparency universe of discourse user agent VACOMS