Business Object Design and Implementation OOPSLA '95 Workshop Proceedings

Business Object Design and Implementation OOPSLA '95 Workshop Proceedings

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J. Sutherland, D. Patel, C. Casanave, G. Hollowell and J. Miller (Eds) Business Object Design and Implementation OOPSLA '95 Workshop Proceedings 16 October 1995, Austin, Texas, Springer

Dr Jeff Sutherland 269 Highland Avenue Winchester MA 01890-3105, USA Cory Casanave Data Access Corporation 14000SW 119 Avenue Miami FL3)I86-6017, USA Joaquin Miller SHL Systemhouse 440 Davis Street, Apt 410 San Francisco, CA94111-2410, USA Dr Philip Patel Centre for Information and Office Systems School of Computing, Information Systems and Mathematics South Bank University 10) Borough Road London SEI OAA, UK Glenn Hollowell Texas Instruments 8)90I1BJ Freeway PO Box 655)0) MS )663 Dallas, TX 75243, USA ISBN-13:978-3-S40-76096-2 e-isbn -13 :978-1-4471-0947-1 DOl: 10_1007/978-1-4471-0947-1 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg New York British LibraryCataloguing in Publication Data Business object design and implementation: Oopsla '95 Workshop proceedings I. Busine" - Computer programs 2. Object-oriented databases 3. Object-oriented programming (Computer science) I. Sutherland, Jeffrey V. 658'.05'511 ISBN -13:978-3-540-76096-2 e-isbn -13 :978-1-44 71-094 7-1 Library of Congre" CataJoging-in-Publication Data A CataJog record for this book is available from the Library of Congress Apart from any fair dealing for the purposes of research or private study, or criticism or review, as permilted under the Copyrighl, Duigns and Patents Act 1988, this publication may only be reproduced, stored or transmilted,in any form or by any means, with the prior permission in writing of the publishers, or in the case of reprographic reproduction in accordance with the terms oflicencu inued by the Copyright Licensing Agency. Enquiriu concerning reproduction outside those temu should be sent to the publishers. o Springer-Verlag London Limited 1997 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 1997 The use of registered names, trademarks etc. in this publication does noi imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher makes no representation, expre" or implied, with regard to the accuracy of the information contained in this book and cannot accept any legal responsibility or liability for any errors or omiqions that may be made. Typesetting: CarneR ready by authors 34/3830-543210 Printed on acid-free paper

Contents Introduction Dilip Patel and Jeff Sutherland... 1 Business Objects Standards and Architectures Business-Object Architectures and Standards Cory Casanave... 7 The Object Technology Architecture: Business Objects for Corporate Information Systems Jeff Sutherland... 29 The OMG Business Object Facility and the OMG Business Object Oliver Sims... 37 An Architecture Framework: From Business Strategies to Implementation William F Hertha, Jim E Bennett, Frank J Post and Ian M Page... 47 Object Oriented Technology and Interoperability An Architectural Framework for Semantic Inter-Operability in Distributed Object Systems Rainer Kossmann... 63 Semantics: The Key to Interoperability Stephane Poirier and Colin Ashford... 69 Business Objects Applications Object Business Modelling, Requirements and Approach Guus Ramackers and Dai Clegg... 77 Implementing Business Objects: CORBA Interfaces for Legacy Systems Thomas Grotehen and Rene Schwarb... 87 Modeling Business Enterprises as Value-Added Process Hierarchies with Resource-Event-Agent Object Templates Guido L Geerts and William E McCarthy... 94 Managing Object Oriented Software Development Projects SCRUM Development Process Ken Schwaber... 117

vi Contents Experiences with a Manufacturing Framework S L Stewart and J A St Pierre... 135 Business Application Components Tom Digre... 151 Author Index... 167

Contributors List Dilip Patel Centre for Information and Office Systems, School of Computing, Information Systems and Mathematics, South Bank UniversIty, 103 Borough Road, London SEI OAA, UK Cory Casanave Data Access Corporation, 1400SW 119 Avenue, Miami, FL 33186, USA Jeff Sutherland 269 Highland Avenue, Winchester, MA 01890, USA Formerly at: Individual, Inc., 8 New England Executive Park West, Burlington, MA01803, USA Oliver Sims email: olivers@cix.compulink.co.uk William F Hertha Jim E Bennett FrankJ Post IanM Page Architecture Services, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, 901 King St. W. 7th Floor, Commerce Court, Postal Station 'A?, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Rainer Kossmann POBox 3511, Station C, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, KIY 4H7 Stephane Poirier Colin Ashford Bell-Northern Research Ltd, POBox 3511, Station C, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Kl Y 4H7 Guus Ramackers Dai Clegg Oracle Corporation, European Development Centre, Oracle Park, Guildford Road, Bittams Lane, Chertsey KT16 9RG, UK

viii Contributors List Thomas Grotehen University of Zurich, grotehen@ifi.unizh.ch Rene Schwarb SYSTOR AG, Schwarb.Rene@ch.swissbank.com Guido L Geerts William E McCarthy Department of Accounting, N270 North Business Complex, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA Ken Schwaber Advanced Development Methods, 131 Middlesex Turnpike, Burlington, MA 01803, USA S L Stewart James A St Pierre US Department of Commerce, Technology Administration, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, USA Tom Digre Business Application Components, Information Technology Group, Texas Instruments, Inc., 6620 Chase Oaks Blvd., MS 8417, Plano, TX 75023, USA