LIP6 1997/004
- Reports
Concepts architecturaux pour la paradigme agent : Vers la séparation des préoccupations dans les systèmes répartis ouverts - A. Diagne
- 13 pages - 05/22/1997- document en - http://www.lip6.fr/lip6/reports/1997/lip6.1997.004.ps.gz - 33 Ko
- Contact : Alioune.Diagne (at) nulllip6.fr
- Ancien Thème : SRC
- Keywords : Objects, Agents, Service, Architecture for Open Distributed Systems, Separation of Concerns
- Publisher : Denis.Poitrenaud (at) nulllip6.fr
The emerging agent paradigm is gaining legitimacy as a solution to the most and most complex needs in distributed systems. For instance, a new concept like remote programming is presented as an alternative to the limits of the classical client-server interaction modes including its derivates. Agent paradigm has also emphasized the concept of service as a set of functionalities with contractual constraints. Nevertheless, agent paradigm does not always deal with architectural concepts, it is mostly concerned with implementation of such advanced features in distributed systems. Meanwhile RM-ODP undertakes federation of open distributed systems with a generic architecture. This architecture is based on progressive structuration of systems within five viewpoints based upon object-oriented concepts. Viewpoints encompass representations from conceptual level to final implementation in a progressive way and supply a quite satisfactory basis for separation of the concerns. In this paper, we address the relevancy of such an architecture to the agent paradigm in order to separate the many concerns in open distributed systems (e.g. collaboration, cognition and reactivity).