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The Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA) is a standard defined by the Object Management Group (OMG) that enables software components written in multiple computer languages and running on multiple computers to work together.

CORBA is a mechanism in software for normalizing the method-call semantics between application objects that reside either in the same address space (application) or remote address space (same host, or remote host on a network).

CORBA uses an interface definition language (IDL) to specify the interfaces that objects will present to the outside world. CORBA then specifies a “mapping” from IDL to a specific implementation language like C++ or Java. Standard mappings exist for Ada, C, C++, Lisp, Smalltalk, Java, COBOL, PL/I and Python. There are also non-standard mappings for Perl, Visual Basic, Ruby, Erlang, and Tcl implemented by object request brokers (ORBs) written for those languages.

Source: Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CORBA)

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    • The Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA) is a standard defined by the Object Management Group (OMG) that enables software components written in multiple computer languages and running on multiple computers to work together.

      CORBA is a mechanism in software for normalizing the method-call semantics between application objects that reside either in the same address space (application) or remote address space (same host, or remote host on a network).

      CORBA uses an interface definition language (IDL) to specify the interfaces that objects will present to the outside world. CORBA then specifies a “mapping” from IDL to a specific implementation language like C++ or Java. Standard mappings exist for Ada, C, C++, Lisp, Smalltalk, Java, COBOL, PL/I and Python. There are also non-standard mappings for Perl, Visual Basic, Ruby, Erlang, and Tcl implemented by object request brokers (ORBs) written for those languages.

      Source: Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CORBA)

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      ROFES: Real-Time CORBA for embedded systems

      Middlewares like CORBA and DCOM help to improve the flexibility, extensibility, maintainability and reuseability of distributed applications. But these middleware architectures can not be used to build an avionics mission control application because they do not support real-time features. Therefore the Object Management Group develops a specification for CORBA with a real-time extension and called this specification Real-Time CORBA.
      http://www.lfbs.rwth-aachen.de/users/stefan/rofes/

      CORBA Tutorials

      The following are electronic versions of tutorials on CORBA that I've given. Additional course material for teaching CORBA is also available online.
      http://www.cs.wustl.edu/~schmidt/tutorials-corba.html

      comp.object.corba

      Newsgroup devoted to CORBA.
      news:comp.object.corba

      Corba Primer

      The Common Object Request Broker Architecture, or CORBA for short, is a specification produced by the Object Management Group (OMG) that addresses interoperability in distributed heterogeneous environments. The CORBA standard represents industry consensus from more than 800 companies. It defines an Object Request Broker (ORB) for transparent invocation on remote objects, as well as supporting system level Object Services and higher level...
      http://www.omg.org/news/whitepapers/seguecorba.pdf

      Middleware for Embedded Adaptive Dependability (MEAD)

      Middleware, such as CORBA and Java, have come to incorporate support for many ``-ilities'' (e.g., reliability, real-time, security). For CORBA middleware, there exist the Fault-Tolerant CORBA and the Real-Time CORBA specifications that aim to provide fault tolerance and real-time, respectively, to CORBA applications.
      http://www.ece.cmu.edu/~mead/

      Real-time, Embedded, and Specialized Systems Platform Task Force (RTESS PTF)

      The RTESS PTF focuses on adaptations and extensions of OMG technologies that apply across domains for real-time, embedded, and other specialized kinds of systems. Examples include systems that have one or more of the following characteristics: real-time, embedded, fault tolerant, highly available, high performance, and safety critical. RTESS extends specifications for Platform Independent Models (PIMs), the Unified Modeling Language...
      http://realtime.omg.org/

      Real-Time and Embedded CORBA

      Welcome to the Real-Time and Embedded CORBA Forum. This community is dedicated to discussing the creation of distributed CORBA applications in the Real-Time, Embedded and High Performance domains. Experienced and new developers are welcome. Users of any Real-Time or Embedded CORBA ORBs may participate.
      http://www.realtime-corba.com/ultimatebb.cgi

      Corba @ Wikipedia

      The Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA) is a standard defined by the Object Management Group (OMG) that enables software components written in multiple computer languages and running on multiple computers to work together. Contents [hide] 1 General overview 2 Key features 2.1 Objects by Value (OBV) 2.2 CORBA Component Model (CCM) 2.2.1 External links 2.3 Portable interceptors 2.4 General InterORB Protocol (GIOP)...
      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CORBA

      MICO Corba

      MICO is a mature, secure, robust, fully standards-compliant implementation of the CORBA standard. It is available as GNU open source software and is widely used (see success stories) for robust application integration. MICO is reknown for its market-leading security features, its great user-friendliness, and its full standard-compliance. ObjectSecurity's reliable technical support and professional project management make MICO the...
      http://www.mico.org/

      Object Management Group

      OMG's mission is to promote the theory and practice of object technology for the development of distributed computing systems. The goal is to provide a common architectural framework for object oriented applications based on widely available interface specifications. OMG is perhaps THE primary resource on CORBA. Some parts of the site are only available to OMG members.
      http://www.omg.org/

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