The Emergence of a Business Object Component Architecture

Object technology, a necessary but not sufficient condition for software reuse, requires an infrastructure that supports plug compatible Business Object Components for fast and flexible delivery of products to the marketplace. The Object Management Group (OMG) Business Object Domain Task Force (BODTF) was the initial focal point for standardization of a Business Object Component Architecture (BOCA). Priming this effort required joint work with the Accredited Standards Committee X3H7 Object Information Management, and their joint sponsorship of the OOPSLA Business Object Component Design and Implementation Workshop for the years 1995-99. Emergence of W3C XML standards will further enhance BOCA and enable a distributed business object system that provides interoperability between disparate enterprise applications on the Web. 3