A coordination middleware for orchestrating heterogeneous distributed systems

Abstract

Integration of heterogeneous distributed systems becomes particularly challenging when these systems have diverse coordination models (e.g., client/server, publish/subscribe, tuple space). In this paper, we introduce a system integration solution based on orchestration workflow and a high-level data-driven coordination abstraction enabling application workflows that are agnostic to the underlying middleware platforms and associated coordination models of the constituent systems. Our solution features an extensible generic coordination middleware, which enables middleware designers to easily incorporate support for new middleware platforms and facilitates application designers in designing complex applications. © 2011 Springer-Verlag.