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Intelligent Networks • Smart Objects • Design for Humans |
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| Wednesday, March 09, 2005 |
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Laying Foundations for Component-Based
Software Markets
The European Commission is blazing the way for component-based software
engineering with several Information Society Technologies projects that
address technical, economic, and organizational aspects of commercialized
component-based software development. The COMPONENT+ project uses built-in
test capability to ensure that commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) components
are compatible with the rest of the application. Component-based software
development is especially promising for smaller companies because it
promises time savings, but component incompatibility can negate those
benefits. COMPONENT+ built-in test components check run-time and interface
issues, and promise time savings of up to 50 percent once built-in test
components are integrated; European organizations such as Volvo and the
Swedish National Testing and Research Institute continue COMPONENT+ research
through the AGILE TESTS project. The Pervasive Component Systems (PECOS)
project aims to iron out deficiencies in component-based software
development for embedded systems, and takes into account non-functional
requirements for more complete behavioral testing in the design phase. The
PECOS development environment helps embedded systems developers check their
real-time system works as intended. Finally, the European COTS User Working
Group (ECUA) has advanced discussion of how to use COTS components among
European companies and other users worldwide; topics discussed include
component specification, management of component-based development, legal
issues, regulation, standards, and strategic partnerships. ECUA now includes
more than 160 organizations and the ECUA workshop has become an annual
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