On Thu, Jun 27, 2002 at 01:41:57PM -0400, michael.mahan@nokia.com wrote: > I have not been vigilant in my search. Hence, can you point to a reference(s) > which defines software component that supports your restricted definition? Sure. BTW, I didn't mean "reserved" as in it was in a registry someplace. 8-) I just meant that the term is widely understood in the particular field to refer to a chunk of software. http://citeseer.nj.nec.com/perry92foundation.html http://citeseer.nj.nec.com/shaw95abstractions.html There are many more, but I would consider these two seminal. They're referenced by pretty much every other significant work in the field. Also, the book[1] that our definition of architecture came from uses the same definition. [1] http://www.awprofessional.com/catalog/product.asp?product_id={B1945367-A73A-4E6A-B886-B917715BD33A} MB -- Mark Baker, CTO, Idokorro Mobile (formerly Planetfred) Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA. distobj@acm.org http://www.markbaker.ca http://www.idokorro.comReceived on Thursday, 27 June 2002 14:17:12 GMT
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