Abstract: Richer programming platforms mean easier application development. In order to achieve richer programming platforms, cooperation between lots of developers is necessary. The optimal situation is when developers can freely use each other's software components, without central management. Traditional programming platforms (COM, XP-COM, Java2 and .NET) almost reached this point, excluding situations when components compatible with different programming platforms must be integrated into the same application. An additional problem of the traditional programming platforms is their dependency on some non-standard runtime support. In a Web-application scenario, it cannot be assumed that support for every traditional programming platform would be available on any client machine. Therefore, the need for a system and a method for building, deploying and running component-software in a standards-compliant programming environment.

Abstract: Richer programming platforms mean easier application development. In order to achieve richer programming platforms, cooperation between lots of developers is necessary. The optimal situation is when developers can freely use each other's software components, without central management. Traditional programming platforms (COM, XP-COM, Java2 and .NET) almost reached this point, excluding situations when components compatible with different programming platforms must be integrated into the same application. An additional problem of the traditional programming platforms is their dependency on some non-standard runtime support. In a Web-application scenario, it cannot be assumed that support for every traditional programming platform would be available on any client machine. Therefore, the need for a system and a method for building, deploying and running component-software in a standards-compliant programming environment.