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TY - JOUR
T1 - Experiences of Using RM-ODP to Build Advanced Mobile Applications
AU - Davies, Nigel
AU - Blair, Gordon S.
AU - Cheverst, Keith
AU - Friday, Adrian
PY - 1995/9
Y1 - 1995/9
N2 - Significant advances have been made in recent years in tackling the problem of heterogeneity in distributed systems with ISO/ITU-T standards for a Reference Model for Open Distributed Processing (RM-ODP) now approaching international agreement. It is important, however, that such standards are responsive to new developments in computer and communications technologies. This paper reports on experiences of applying RM-ODP technology and mobile communications in supporting field workers in the electricity industry. The results of the study show that the framework provided by RM-ODP offers a strong basis for the development of mobile applications. Particular benefits are gained from the object-oriented modelling approach, the model of selective distribution transparency and the concept of QoS-managed bindings in RM-ODP. However, our experiences indicate that care must be taken in the development of RM-ODP compliant platforms particularly with respect to the communications infrastructure.
AB - Significant advances have been made in recent years in tackling the problem of heterogeneity in distributed systems with ISO/ITU-T standards for a Reference Model for Open Distributed Processing (RM-ODP) now approaching international agreement. It is important, however, that such standards are responsive to new developments in computer and communications technologies. This paper reports on experiences of applying RM-ODP technology and mobile communications in supporting field workers in the electricity industry. The results of the study show that the framework provided by RM-ODP offers a strong basis for the development of mobile applications. Particular benefits are gained from the object-oriented modelling approach, the model of selective distribution transparency and the concept of QoS-managed bindings in RM-ODP. However, our experiences indicate that care must be taken in the development of RM-ODP compliant platforms particularly with respect to the communications infrastructure.
KW - cs_eprint_id
KW - 1484 cs_uid
KW - 352
U2 - 10.1088/0967-1846/2/3/002
DO - 10.1088/0967-1846/2/3/002
M3 - Journal article
VL - 2
SP - 142
EP - 151
JO - Distributed Systems Engineering
JF - Distributed Systems Engineering
SN - 1361-6390
IS - 3
ER -