Glossary

AIM

Application Integration and Middleware

API

Application Programming Interface

CLA

Contributor License Agreement see: http://www.apache.org/licenses/

EDA

Event Driven Architecture

ESB

Enterprise Service Bus

GA

General Availability: used to specifically describe the status of a release that has passed the requisite quality assurance cycle and is now available for download and support through LogicBlaze.

Geronimo

The Apache Geronimo application server. See http://geronimo.apache.org/

J2EE

Java 2 Enterprise Edition, old name for Java EE

Java EE

Java Enterprise Edition

Java SE

Java Standard Edition

JBI

Java Business Integration (described in JSR 208)

JMS

Java Messaging Service API

JSR 208

Java Specification Request #208, "defines a standard meta container for SOA-based applications through the Service Assembly, also known as a composite service description. JBI enables collaboration between different integration technologies through standard Message Exchange Patterns (MEP) and Service Provider Interfaces (SPI)s for Service Engines and Binding Components." (http://java.sun.com/integration/download/index.html)

MIB

Management Information Base. When SNMP devices send SNMP messages to the management console, it stores information in this file or database. The MIB collects and contains information on managed objects.

MOM

Message Oriented Middleware

MRD

Marketing Requirements Document

NMR

Normalized Message Router - The component providing the normalized message service.

NMR broker

The Normalized Message Router, in its role as a broker for exchanges.

NMS

Normalized Message Service - The infrastructure for transporting data and messages of different types in a standard way, to their appropriate interfaces and adapters.

OEM

Original Equipment Manufacturer (a LogicBlaze partner)

POJOs

Plain Old Java Objects

SOA

Service-Oriented Architecture

Spring

An Open Source framework for developing Java applications, especially favorable to POJOs. See http://www.springframework.org/about

TCK

Test Case Kit

WSIF

Web Services Invocation Framework: a Java API that enables dynamic invocation or updating of a Web Service at runtime.