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The infrastructure capabilities form the base communication and resource management capabilities of the BREIN framework. In order to maintain the dynamic of Virtual Organisations, it is necessary to realise a layer that allows for flexible instantiation, reconfiguration of resources and according message treatment. This building block addresses the full scope related to these aspects, including:
- Virtualisation and encapsulation of resources so as to expose aggregated functionalities in a stable manner, even if the underlying setup changes
- Resource instantiation and maintenance coupled with the messaging system so as to ensure reachability, availability and reliability in a dynamic fashion
- Infrastructure configuration support that respects the fact that business relationships in a Virtual Organisation are legally binding
- A means to distribute status information in an event-like fashion
- A means to log interactions for later reference
Infrastructure capabilities hence do not comprise a single “closed” set of functionalities, but a conglomeration of individual functionalities that can principally be used separately from each other, according to the SOA approach.
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