Information processing system architecture
First Claim
1. An architecture for an information processing system, said system comprising a hardware platform (20) that cooperates with a set of software products, said set of software products being subdivided into subsets called domains (21-24), each domain having at least one of said software products (40-42), and an interface called a descriptor (3), said descriptor providing access to a specific determined information (30-32), said specific determined information including at least one identifier (30) of the domain and data (32) describing the software products in the corresponding domain, said descriptor for at least one of said domains further including first and/or second information, said first information relating to predetermined installation and updating rules common to the system and said second information relating to at least one of said software products which has specific installation and updating rules, said second information allowing a control by the system of said specific installation and updating rules, and means for installing and/or updating said domains (21-24) with reference to said specific determined information (30-32).
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Abstract
An information processing system architecture comprising a set of software products subdivided into domains (21-23), each of which comprises at least one software product. Each domain (21-23) contains specific information comprising an identifier of the domain (21-23), its attributes, and data on the software products comprising it. These data allow the installation and/or the updating of the domains (21-23) in accordance with a set of rules. The software products are constituted of products that are fully integrated into the domains, which follow standard installation and/or updating rules common to the system, and of heterogeneous products from external sources whose packaging and installation and/or updating rules remain specific. A consistency check of the version can be carried out on all or some of these external products. The system (2) comprises at least two specific domains for the operating system (21) and the operations monitor (23) of the system (2).
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- 1. An architecture for an information processing system, said system comprising a hardware platform (20) that cooperates with a set of software products, said set of software products being subdivided into subsets called domains (21-24), each domain having at least one of said software products (40-42), and an interface called a descriptor (3), said descriptor providing access to a specific determined information (30-32), said specific determined information including at least one identifier (30) of the domain and data (32) describing the software products in the corresponding domain, said descriptor for at least one of said domains further including first and/or second information, said first information relating to predetermined installation and updating rules common to the system and said second information relating to at least one of said software products which has specific installation and updating rules, said second information allowing a control by the system of said specific installation and updating rules, and means for installing and/or updating said domains (21-24) with reference to said specific determined information (30-32).
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