OR DATA ACCESS , INCLUDING AUTHORITY FOR ACCESS . THE CONCEPT OF SINGULARITY OR INTEGRATION OF DATA AND PROGRAMS AND AUTOMATIC UPDATING OF THESE ITEMS IN A DISTRIBUTED ENVIRONMENT SHOULD BE ADDRESSED AND PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS FOUND .
DEVISE A SUPPORT LANGUAGE TO ALLOW USERS , APPLICATIONS AND OPERATING SYSTEMS TO PROGRAMME THE MOVEMENT AND ACCESS OF SOFTWARE RESOURCES . SPECIFIC COMMANDS MAY INCLUDE DOWN-STREAM LOADING , REMOTE RUN REQUESTS , REMOTE PROCEDURE CALLS , DATA BASE UPDATES .
DEVISE AN INFRASTRUCTURE MECHANISM TO MANAGE THE RESOURCES OF A NETWORK INCLUDING KNOWLEDGE OF RESOURCE AVAILABILITY , RESOURCE INTEGRITY , FAULT RECOGNITION AND AUTOMATIC RECOVERY .
PROGRAMME ( - ) AND INTERMEDIATE OBJECTIVES ( * ) :
YEAR 1 :
- IDENTIFICATION OF SUB-CLASSES OF APPLICATION AND RESOURCE INTERACTION . DEFINITION AND PROVING OF PRIMITIVES TO CONTROL RESOURCE ACCESS BY APPLICATIONS . EXPLORATION OF TECHNIQUES FOR UPDATING DISTRIBUTED PROGRAMS AND DATABASE , WHILST RETAINING CONSISTENCY . OUTLINE REQUIREMENTS SPECIFICATION FOR A DISTRIBUTED COMPUTERISED SUPPORT LANGUAGE . OUTLINE REQUIREMENTS SPECIFICATION FOR AN INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM .
* 12TH MONTH : DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING PRIMITIVES . SPECIFICATIONS FOR A DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING SUPPORT LANGUAGE AND ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM .
YEAR 2-3 :
- FIRST LANGUAGE IMPLEMENTATION ON A SIMPLE INFRASTRUCTURE ( AS A TEST BED ) TO FULLY TEST THE TECHNIQUES OF DISTRIBUTED RESOURCE ACCESS AND CONTROL IN A NETWORK OF INTELLIGENT WORKSTATIONS . VALIDATION OF PRIMITIVES AND MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES . EFFECTIVE DATABASE MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUE TO BALANCE CONCURENCY AND CONSISTENCY IN A DISTRIBUTED ENVIRONMENT , INCLUDING RECOVERY TECHNIQUES .
* 24TH MONTH : DATA BASE MANAGEMENT DEMONSTRATION .
* 36TH MONTH : SUPPORT LANGUAGE IMPLEMENTATION ON A TEST BED OF DISTRIBUTED WORKSTATIONS .
YEAR 4-5 :
- FULL LANGUAGE IMPLEMENTATION AND FULL INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGEMENT IMPLEMENTATION FOR THE AUTONOMOUS DISTRIBUTION AND CO-OPERATION OF PROCESSING REQUESTS . VALIDATION OF CONCURRENCY AND CONSISTENCY PARAMETERS . VALIDATION OF FAILURE IDENTIFICATION AND AUTOMATIC RECOVERY . CONSIDERATION OF EFFECTIVENESS IN A NON-STOP ENVIRONMENT .
* 48TH MONTH : PILOT RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ENVIRONMENT .
* 60TH MONTH : FULLY VALIDATED DEMONSTRATION OF A DISTRIBUTED WORKSTATION ENVIRONMENT .
A-TYPE PROPOSALS ARE INVITED .
4.3.4 . SERVICES
STUDY AND SPECIFICATION OF THE FUNCTIONAL EXPANSION OF VIDEOTEX SERVICES ON THE BASIS OF FUTURE ISDNS ( NARROWBAND AND BROADBAND DIGITAL NETWORKS ) ; PRESENTATION OF TEXT/GRAPHICS/IMAGES/SPEECH/MOVING VIDEO AND THE EXTENDED TWO-WAY USER INTERFACE . SET UP OF EXPERIMENTS AND THEIR EVALUATION .
. MULTI-MODE MESSAGING .
FORMULATE THE REQUIREMENTS FOR OFFICE MESSAGING SERVICES ( TEXT , IMAGE , VOICE , VIDEO FRAMES , MOVING VIDEO ) . EVALUATE FEASIBILITY OF MESSAGING OF MIXED-MODE MESSAGES . STANDARDISATION ISSUES ARE TO BE ADDRESSED .
B-TYPE PROPOSALS ARE INVITED .
. ISDN-BASED ADVANCED VIDEOTEX .
STUDY THE IMPROVEMENT OF VIDEOTEX SERVICES ON THE BASIS OF EXTENDED APPLICATIONS AND FUTURE NETWORKS . MULTI-MODE PRESENTATION OF TEXT , GRAPHICS , IMAGES , MOVING VIDEO . INTERACTIVE HUMAN-FRIENDLY FUNCTIONS ARE REQUIRED , AS WELL AS STANDARDISATION OF INTERFACES AND PROTOCOLS .
B-TYPE PROPOSALS ARE INVITED .
.1 . " A HIGH