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Currently the prototype system incorporates
components of meta-data application architecture
including:
• a meta-data syntax for the structure of EIS
applications and the visual presentation of the
user interface,
• a meta-data syntax for the execution of
distributed events,
• a meta-data syntax for the data schemas of EIS
applications and conversion between third party
database schema types,
• runtime processing components suitable for
executing the EIS meta-data on a selected
platform subset.
We also note this perspective of the EIS software
life cycle could lead to many new concerns in the
next generation of software engineering:
• New cross platform components that can
broaden the accessibility of meta-data
applications,
• Extended meta-data definitions and
functionality for richer application types,
• Merging of meta-data applications to create
broader and deeper EIS applications,
• Development of more accessible design
toolsets.
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