Software Process Improvement Network (SPIN)

Coordinator: Warren Scheinin, Raytheon Systems Company, wmscheinin@ccgate.hac.com

The world of meta data and repositories which used to be the primary domain of data administration and development tool environments is now being reshaped and in fact occupies a key role in distributed development and run time environments. This session discusses the need for active meta data management and a distributed repository architecture that spans DCOM/CORBA to address the needs of enterprise wide meta data management. Meta objects and meta models (OMG UML and MOF) are at the core of new standards being adopted by OMG. Industry product development efforts at IBM, Unisys and Microsoft are finally coming to fruition and being deployed by customers. This session will cover:

• Repository concepts and need for dynamic and extensible meta data management
• Evolution of repository architectures from monolithic to extensible distributed object repositories
• An architecture for a CORBA/DCOM based repository for the enterprise
• OMG efforts in repositories, components and information models (UML, MOF, BOF, CORBA Component Model...)
• Representative object repository products (IBM, Microsoft, Unisys...)
• Examples of object repository use in development tools integration, data warehousing and business objects

Tune in for the latest scoop from recent OMG meetings on the status of these evolving standards and industry products.

Biography:

Sridhar Iyengar, a Unisys Fellow leads the technology strategy for object technology products in Unisys. Sridhar's current focus includes the integration of object frameworks, components, database, repository, internet and distributed object technology products for Unisys. He is the chief architect of Unisys Universal Repository (UREP) an extensible distributed object repository. Sridhar represents Unisys at the OMG where he co-chairs the Object Analysis & Design Task Force (OA&DTF) which standardized the Unified Modeling Language (UML) and Meta Object Facility(MOF) standards. He has a masters degree in computer science and is a frequent presenter in industry conferences on topics of repositories, databases, component software and distributed object technology.

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Next Meeting:

Date: Friday, March 27, 1998
Topic: Software Systems Metrics
Speakers: Rita Costello Creel and Sharon K. Hoting, The Aerospace Corporation
Coordinator: Sheneui Sloan, SEFT, California State University, Long Beach

The Irvine Research Unit in Software wishes to thank its corporate sponsors:

Sustaining:

The Boeing Company * Boeing North American, Inc. * Northrop Grumman Corporation * Raytheon Company * Sun Microsystems Laboratories * TRW

Supporting:

Beckman Instruments * Continuus Software Corporation * FileNet Corporation * Lockheed Martin * Logicon Ultrasystems Space & Engineering Operations * NASA Ames Research Center * Printronix, Inc.

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