Resource Oriented Computing (ROC) is a simple abstract computing model used for describing, designing, and implementing software and software systems. The fundamental idea behind ROC is derived from the

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, and other sources as well as original research conducted at HP Laboratories.

Fundamental concepts

Resource-oriented computing describes an abstract computing model. The fundamental idea is that sets of information known as resources are treated as abstracts; that is, a resource is a Platonic concept of the information that is the subject of a computation process. Resources are identified by logical addresses (typically a

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) and processing is defined using compositions and sequences of resource requests. At the physical level, a ROC system processes resource-representations, executes transformations and, in so doing, computes new resources. In this respect ROC is no different from any other computational model - computation is performed to collate and reveal new information. The fundamental principles of ROC include: ;

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: A resource is an abstract set of information. ; Identity: Each resource may be identified by one or more logical identifiers. ; Resolution: A logical identifier may be resolved within an information-context to obtain a physical resource-representation. ;

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: Computation is the

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of a resource to a physical resource-representation. ; Immutability: Resource representations are immutable. ; Transreption: Transreption (short for transrepresentation) is the isomorphic lossless transformation of one physical resource-representation to another.

References

* {{ cite book , first = Peter , last = Rodgers , url = http://resources.1060research.com/docs/IntroductionToResourceOrientedComputing-1.pdf , title = Introduction to Resource Oriented Computing , publisher = 1060 Research Software architecture

Fundamental concepts

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