Interoperability of Distributed Component Systems using XML Bryan Bentz, Jason Hayden, Upsorn Praphamontripong, Paul Vandal

Introduction Growth in Distributed Components –Multiple users –Multiple platforms –How can I interchange data efficiently? XML –Standard structure for data –Data labels

Example UML uses XMI/XML for model interchange

Proposed Project Schedule September 18 – October 15 –Individual Research Projects October 16 – December 12 –Interoperability Experiment

Initial Research Subtopics of Interoperability using XML –Bryan: Semantic Web –Jason: Office Tools –Paul: Data Warehousing –Nan: Software Component Retrieval Research Goals –Learn how XML was used –Determine if XML solved problem

UML Experiment Interoperability of UML modeling tools –Pick 4 UML modeling tools –Create a complex UML model –Export model from each tool using XMI –Test the interoperability of tools

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