“Software Engineering 2006” Decides Once Again for Delta’s Generators

With the research initiative “Software Engineering 2006” the German Federal Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF) aims to strengthen Germany’s leading position in software technology. Around one year ago we reported on our participation in the second selection round.

The "Model-Driven Integration of Information Systems” (MINT) project has now started with a kick-off meeting held in Schmallenberg, the location of Delta Software Technology’s head office.

The Project

Up until now the focus of model-driven software development has been on new development. However, the integration of existing heterogeneous systems from different development cultures and “epochs” is much more problematic and critical for the enterprise as this involves the production applications.

The goal of the MINT project is the creation of an innovative model-driven software development techniques that support the integration of existing (heterogeneous) commercial software systems. By using model-driven development concepts and advanced generator technology the project aims to increase the adaptability of the software so that it is better able to thrive in a world of continuously changing business processes (for example in the e-Commerce area). In addition, organizations that develop software should also be able to increase the flexibility and efficiency of their software development process, thereby improving their competitive advantage.

Further, different techniques are to be evaluated and criteria developed to support real-world decision making

The Participants

The MINT project is being lead by the renowned “Oldenburger Research and Development Institute for Information Tools and Systems” (OFFIS).

The projects participants are:

• andrena objects AG
• BTC AG
• Oldenburg University
• Delta Software Technology GmbH

Generator Technology from Delta

Delta Software Technology will play a central role in the "Model-Driven Integration of Information Systems” (MINT) project, delivering the necessary generator technologies and tools.

The following will be used:

• SCORE Adaptive Bridges will be used to make existing applications and their data objects available as flexible services in new environments. SCORE Adaptive Bridges offers a non-invasive integration technique that allows the use of existing data objects and application components without requiring that any changes be made to these objects. The complete integration code is automatically generated.
• HyperSenses technology will be used for the development of project-specific generators.
  Delta has already delivered the generator technology and tools for the successful PESOA project (Process Family Engineering in Service-Oriented Applications) that was a part of the first research initiative round. PESOA started in 2003 and is now in the final stages of being completed.

Next Steps?

In the phase that is just beginning the immediate next step is the definition of a platform-independent template as the basis for the automatic integration of existing data objects.

Further Information

About the project:

• Research initiative “Software Engineering 2006”
• MINT
• PESOA

About the products:

• SCORE Adaptive Bridges
• HyperSenses

Integration tasks are found in virtually every IT project. We are more than work with you to discuss the opportunites that generative technologies can offer for your project. Please get in touch with us. You can get a first impression from our white paper "Faster ROI Through Automatic Integration of the Back-End Systems" (french: "ROI rapide à travers l’Intégration Automatique des Systèmes Back-End").

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