NDLI: Post-facto integration technology: new discipline for an old practice

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Power, L.R.
Copyright Year	1990
Description	Author affiliation: MCC, Austin, TX, USA (Power, L.R.)
Abstract	Experience in building major pieces of a software development platform by integrating existing software components into a uniform programming environment is reported. These components are written in incompatible languages and follow idiosyncratic protocols and conventions. These are examples of a common software engineering practice called post-facto integration. In this style of integration, the integrated system is designed after its major subcomponents have been built, often for a rather different purpose. A research effort has been initiated to better understand this style of integration and to develop tools and methods to make it a more productive and reliable software engineering practice. Two models for post-facto integration have been identified, one for tools integration and one for information integration. A model is proposed for post-facto tool integration which is based on a module interconnection language for loosely coupled, communication processes where existing tools are encapsulated as concurrent objects.
Starting Page	4
Ending Page	13
File Size	1028199
Page Count	10
File Format	PDF
ISBN	0818690275
DOI	10.1109/ICSI.1990.138657
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	1990-04-23
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Programming profession Operating systems Computer languages Libraries Packaging Drives Costs Maintenance engineering Runtime environment Software tools
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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