Large-Scale, Component-Based Development

6.3. The Microsoft Repository

As the software industry moves toward assembly of applications from available components, one of the major issues to be faced is where and how to store components so that they can be shared and searched effectively and efficiently among a group of users. A component repository is designed to provide persistent storage of component specifications and implementations, and to facilitate many of the management functions required to keep track of components with and across organizations.

However, to share components effectively it is important to keep track of not only the executable component itself, but also the component specification that provides descriptive information about the component. Recording a component's ...