Technology Positioning Statement Report

1.3.1 Software Code and Scripts

Category: 1 - Authoring and Editing   Subcategory: 3 - Special Purpose Software Tools and Components

Vision
Retirement	Containment	Current	Tactical	Strategic

Standards
Industry Usage	SC Usage

Performance Metrics Ease of development, backward compatibility, interoperability, stability, features, reuse, speed.

Usage and Dependencies Note: Category 1.2.1 describes programming language usage; this category refers only to packaged code and class libraries that are sold commercially. Industry Usage: Visual Basic is the most widely used programming language, and in the web environment, VBScript is the basis for Active Server Pages. Due to the generosity of programmers, there is a vast amount of free and low-cost VB and ASP source code available on various web sites and CD ROMs. Supported commercial packages are also available for these languages. Also, high-quality packages of Java programs for graphics, data access, and specialized applications are commercially available. The same cannot be said for the newer languages such as C#, and standard schemas to support XML are very limited. A few of them are available, for instance, on the site of the BizTalk network. SC Usage: Individual programmers have their own collections of reusable code, but commercial packages are not used or required in most applications. The Plumtree portal contains a collection of "gadgets" which are ready to install on a web server. See details about these under category 3.3.1: Portals.
Last Update:	Valid Until:
3/1/2001	4/1/2001

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