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Exchange of data between components of distributed software having different versions of software

  • US 20030145315A1
  • Filed: 01/23/2002
  • Published: 07/31/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/23/2002
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method for updating a software component in a distributed software system comprising a first software component and one or more second software components, said method comprising updating said first software component with a new version of software substantially compatible with the functionality of a non-updated version(s) of said one or more second software components but having data structures incompatible with said non-updated version(s) of said one or more second software components, providing said updated software version with a data exchange metadata description containing information on definitions of data structures to be used in a serialized data exchange, delivering said metadata description with said new version of said software component.

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