Bill Gates Vision of the Next Decade
A company's "digital nervous system" will respond
to planned and unplanned events.
Requirements:
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object model convergence (across applications)
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Internet integration (W3C
Document Object Model)
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data representation (W3C
XML, XSL)
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componentization (exposing internals, reuse)
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enhanced user involvement (powerful scripting
languages)
Translate to IDX Imperatives:
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interoperable components integrate heterogeneous
applications
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drive everything to the Object Web (XML, XSL,
DOM)
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reuse components internally, allow customers
to reuse component interfaces
- dramatically improve user customization capabilities
(GUI, workflow, and component interoperability)
References
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Gates, Bill. VBA and COM. Byte,
March 1998, pp. 70-72.
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Mace, Scott et al. Weaving
a Better Web. Byte, March 1998, pp. 58-68.
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Manola, Frank. Towards
a Web Object Model. Object Services and Consulting, Inc., 1997.
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NCITS Technical Committee H7.
Object Model Features
Matrix. Doc. No.: X3H7-93-007v12b, May 25, 1997.
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OOPSLA'97
Business Object Workshop - see papers on heterogenous distributed
workflow.

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1995-98