ARSENAL

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Institute of Parallel and Distributed Systems
(IPVS)Applications of Parallel and Distributed
Systems (AS)
ARSENAL A Repository Supported Earth
ObservationApplication Integration Framework
From an Architectural Conceptto an Implemented
Platform
Marcello Mariucci mariucci_at_informatik.uni-stuttgar
t.de
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EO Application Integration Framework
Information Integration
Business-Process Integration
Application-Function Integration
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ARSENAL Applied Technology
Not just Buzzwords!

• Workflow TechnologyBusiness-Process Integration
• Service Web TechnologyDiscovery and location of
  EO App ServicesUbiquitous access to EO App
  Services
• Repository TechnologyAsynchronous collaborative
  EO App Service DevelopmentManagement of
  Framework Complexity (model-based Integration)
  Flexible Change Management
• Grid TechnologyDevelopment of EO App Components

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Integration Layers
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Model-Driven Integration Architecture
Tools and Engines
EO Application Clients
Tools and Engines
Coastal
Workflow


Access
Forestry
Access
Guard
MS
Portal
Application
Portal
Application
Middleware
Communication Infrastructure
Catalogue
Image
Archive
Image
Information Model
Information Model
Server
Processing
Server
Processing
EO System Model
EO System Model
Server
Server


EO Application
EO Application
EO Application
EO Application
Component
Service
Component
Service
COTS
COTS
Model
Model
Model
Model
User
On
-
Line Storage
On
-
Line Storage
Manager
GUI
Controlling
Meta-Data
EO Application
EO Application
Repository
Repository
System Operator
System Operator
Components
Components
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Integration Development Process
Design Time
Development Time
Run Time
Asynchronous
Collaborative Work

Creation of the
Information Model
(Meta-Data Repository)
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On Design Time
ARSENAL Architect
Modelling Tool (Rational Rose)
UML Model
RDM FileTBL File
Repository Installer
API
EO Application Repository (Microsoft MetaData
Services)
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On Development Time
ARSENAL EO AppServ Provider
ARSENAL Integrator
ARSENAL EO AppServ Provider
ARSENAL EO AppServ Provider
Asynchronous CollaborativeWork
ARSENAL Integrator
ARSENAL Integrator
EO Application Repository
WSDL
FDL
ARSENALUDDI2 Registry
Workflow Engine (IBM MQSeries Workflow)
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On Run Time
Web Browser
EO ApplicationClient
ARSENAL End User
ARSENAL End User
HTTP Request
SOAP Envelope
ARSENAL Portal
ARSENALUDDI2 Registry
EO AppRepository
HTTP-Server
SOAP Handler
XML
Workflow Engine
IBM MQSeries Workflow System
Message Queuing
Accounting
Image Processing
Grid
Grid
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Rèsumè Implementation Architecture
Design Time
Development Time
Run Time
Modelling Tool
ARSENAL Integrator
Web Browser
EO ApplicationClient
SOAP envelope
RDM TLB
WSDL
FDL
HTML
Repository Installer
ARSENAL WSDL Parser
Workflow Engine
ARSENAL Portal
XML
API/ ODBC
JDBC
JDBC
JDBC
ARSENAL UDDI2 Registry
EO Application Repository