• DocumentCode
    1535987
  • Title

    Breathing life into legacy

  • Author

    Coyle, Frank P.

  • Author_Institution
    Southern Methodist Univ., Dallas, TX, USA
  • Volume
    3
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    2001
  • Firstpage
    17
  • Lastpage
    24
  • Abstract
    The Internet makes it imperative to unlock legacy data. Three technologies may let companies dust off legacy code and make it work with the Web: Extensible Markup Language, or XML, describes data through the use of tags, eliminating the need to conform to a specific programming infrastructure; Web services let companies wrap software and tailor its distribution, allowing innovative code configurations; and wireless technology offers the ability to get legacy content to mobile workers and clients. Each technology is part of the new arsenal for leveraging existing applications and data, perhaps realizing the elusive goal of anywhere, anytime services
  • Keywords
    Internet; hypermedia markup languages; mobile computing; Web services; XML; code configurations; legacy data; programming infrastructure; software wrapping; tags; wireless technology; Application software; Cleaning; Client-server systems; Companies; Computer architecture; Java; Programming profession; SGML; Shape; XML;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    IT Professional
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1520-9202
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/6294.952976
  • Filename
    952976