TOWARDS AN OPEN SOFTWARE CONVERSION ARCHITECTURE
- 1 September 1995
- journal article
- Published by World Scientific Pub Co Pte Ltd in International Journal of Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering
- Vol. 5 (3) , 423-444
- https://doi.org/10.1142/s0218194095000216
Abstract
A generic architecture for the development and application of software conversion tools exposes the requirements set for appropriate enabling technologies. Extrapolation of this set beyond its satisfaction by existing proprietary technology then exposes the opportunity/need for open interfaces between separate components providing orthogonal dimensions of the overall functionality. Some novel aspects of the solutions considered include retrofitting persistence to an open compiler-compiler, and using the Unix file system as a persistent object store, while in the background the advent of standard interfaces to persistence technology suggests that the overall goal is feasible.Keywords
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