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@techreport{Tich98z,
author = {Sander Tichelaar and Juan Carlos Cruz and
Serge Demeyer},
institution = {University of Berne},
month = jan,
title = {Coordination as a Variability Aspect in Open
Distributed Systems},
year = {1998},
abstract = {To deal with requirements such as distribution,
interoperability and evolution on rapidly evolving
platforms such as the World Wide Web, parts of
applications are increasingly packaged as components.
Encapsulating the coordination of these multiple
subsystems as generic components has proven
difficult, because typically coordination affects
multiple components and in open systems a whole set
of other requirements, such as interoperability and
security, must also be dealt with. We have
investigated coordina-tion as a variability aspect of
open distributed systems and we present concrete
solutions and limitations designing coordination
solutions as components. Our observations will help
developers to separate coordination from computation
and to develop open solutions for coordination in
distributed systems.},
annote = {techreport},
}