XMAN; A Framework for Rapid Development of Business Applications

Abstract

This paper describes a framework for the rapid development of business applications. The framework XMAN differs from similar commercially available packages and provides some advantages over them. XMAN utilizes XML in a specified way in order to achieve the goals of making business applications development rapid, easy, flexible and, in the same time, open to necessary interventions. Change management is also considered. XMAN is multi-tier based. It provides the business application under development with representations for data model, business logic, privileges, component interfaces and user interfaces. The paper describes the layers, techniques and components of XMAN and explores possible future extensions.