title: A new architecture for integration of heterogeneous software components.
abstract: An architecture is described that integrates existing applications in a network-wide system. The architecture follows the new open software paradigm, and defines kernel and application services that collaboratively solve the tasks of end-users and provide them with an intuitive user-interface. This paper describes the message language and the kernel mechanism for addressing application services. The architecture has been developed as much as possible to conform with current standards.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Medical Informatics, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: van Mulligen
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Timmers
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: van Bemmel
mesh_terms: D003195:Computer Communication Networks; D012985:Software Design; D014584:User-Computer Interface