Wolfgang Emmerich*, Ernst Ellmer*, Birgit Osterholt& and
Roberto Zicari&
* Dept. of Computer Science,
University College London
Gower Street
London WC1E 6BT, UK
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Burgweg 14
61476 Kronberg, Germany
Abstract:
Rapidly changing business processes require quick adaption of supporting
information systems. Component technologies in general and business objects,
in particular seem a promising approach. In this paper, we survey, analyse
and compare six business object approaches. We develop a comparison model
covering concepts, distribution infrastructure, object facilities and object
solutions. We then use the model to analyse the Combined Submission to
the OMG Business Object Domain Task Force, the SSA Business Object Facility,
Sun's Enterprise JavaBeans, IBM's San Francisco, Microsoft ActiveX and
the SAP Business Framework. Each of the approaches is described in terms
of the model, which allows us to compare them analytically.
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