13. Possible Next Steps I
Too early to deploy CORBA but now is a good time to start some experiments -- develop standards, evolve RIB development with futures in mind
- This research is Not Funded by NHSE
NPAC is already involved in building Java/CORBA based Object Web infrastructure.
We expect our Java based WORB (Web Object Request Broker) together with selected services (including Trader) to be available by the early ‘98.
One could use NPAC WORB or similar system as an experimental platform to investigate merging RIB with CORBA Trading Services.
Natural steps in this process would include:
- develop IDL interfaces to the RIB classes
- develop object wrappers for selected HPCC packages, for example matrix algebra libraries.
- Merge RIB with CORBA Trader via the Trader proxy mechanism
- Verify the approach with RIG and OMG, and develop CORBA facility proposal