| <p>The Riena platform will be the foundation for building multi-tier enterprise client/server |
| applications. As such Riena will broaden the usage of the service oriented architecture of OSGi/Equinox |
| by providing access to local and remote services in a transparent way. Using this uniform programming |
| model, the components of Riena and the business components of the enterprise application can be |
| developed regardless of their target location. Components are later easily placed on client or |
| server depending on the business requirements.</p> |
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| <p>Components from existing Eclipse projects will be adapted to support the distributed aspect of |
| enterprise applications. Furthermore new components will be provided to support the special needs |
| of building and running large enterprise applications.</p> |
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| <p>As an example the Riena user interface components will support a business process oriented user |
| interface visualization and navigation metaphor which can be used as alternative to the default |
| workbench layout.</p> |
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| <p>So Riena will provide a homogeneous platform for enterprise business applications from the user |
| interface to backend integration, all based on the proven Equinox/Eclipse Platform.</p> |
