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Software development process

  • US 7,000,219 B2
  • Filed: 11/05/2001
  • Issued: 02/14/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/03/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A process for development of a software system, the process comprising the steps of:

  • providing components, each having executable code;

    providing a meta model, said meta model having a hierarchical structure, and comprising;

    a type model comprising a specification of the types of components in terms of interfaces and in terms of services implemented by components, and in which the interfaces are those supported by a component and those of services that a component requires, andan instance model for instantiating the type model;

    a runtime activation service dynamically instantiating the executable code components according to the meta model by the instance model instantiating the type model; and

    maintaining the meta model and dynamically modifying the system by modifying the meta model, and re-instantiating the components according to the modified meta model.

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