A Recursive Common Business Object System Model

William Z Wu

Abstract:

This paper, through a Copyright Information project, presents a Common Business Object Model which may be further included in a Common Object System Model. The object system is independent from its implementation. It is recursive, reflecting the complexity of the real business object relationship in a relatively simple and easily understandable manner.

The primary focus of this paper is not just on a single corporation concept model, but on the overall object system to address issues such as reusability, interoperability and extensibility in a systematic way. The Common Object System Model also has many ramifications relevant to natural language process, common knowledge representation, legal rule enforcement, component technology as well as business object architecture.

Key Words:

Business Object Architecture, Object System Model, Natural Language and Object Oriented Analysis and Design, Corporate Information System.

The Author:

William Z Wu, Information System Researcher

BE, Information System Engineering, in 1983; LL.M, Intellectual Property Law, in 1989;

Address: 4/10 Marriott Street, ST Kilda East, VIC 3183, Melbourne, Australia

E-mail: wuwilliam@yahoo.com or j.lin@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au

Note:

This article is to be submitted to OOPSLA’99 Business Object Design and Implementation Workshop in response to the RFP (Request For Proposal) of the workshop for reference only. The copyright of this paper is reserved. Any reproduction of any part of this paper in any form is subject to prior authority in writing by the author.

Patel , D., Sutherland, J., Miller, J., (Eds.) Business Object Design and Implementation V: OOPSLA'99 Workshop Proceedings. Springer, 1999 (full text available at the Workshop).

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