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n my last article, I introduced XMI, an incredibly useful XML standard for interchanging models. Because XMI uses XML and XML is just text, using a schema or standard, it

essage transformations have long been an integral part of EAI projects. Disparate systems participating in an integration project need transformations as dictated by their respective standards. As an EAI tool,

MI is the standard that everyone has heard about but few are sure what to do with. Beginning with this article, I will demonstrate some interesting value-added ideas on the

adio frequency identification (RFID) technology is rapidly becoming ubiquitous as businesses seek to streamline supply chains and respond to mandates from key customers. But RFID and other new wireless ID

equence diagrams are used to map out class interactions. A sequence diagram is made up of objects, each with its own object lifeline. Interactions between the objects occur by messages

n the first article in this series, we explained the concept of associations in UML and showed how to implement them. This article takes that knowledge one step further and

he UML association is a concept that is often misunderstood. The most common misperception is that an association is the same as a pointer, or maybe two pointers, in a

he problem with developing enterprise applications is you have to reinvent the wheel for each key area, such as configuration, database access, or security. Microsoft has addressed this problem in

ccording to Clemens Szyperski (author of “Component Software?Beyond Object-Oriented Programming,”), software components are binary units of independent production, acquisition, and deployment that interact to form a functioning system. He continues