!ASIS Issue #009
!topic Don't Preclude a Client/Server ASIS Implementation
!reference ASIS95-ASIS
!from ASISWG 95-03-08
!keywords Client Server
!discussion

This issue was created at the ASISWG meeting in March 1995.

Client/Server discussion:

     This idea was initially discussed at the November 1994 meeting of
     ASISWG.

     What many third-party tools want to do is to connect to a totally
     separate executable image of ASIS, rather than always have to link
     to ASIS and thus include a large amount of code in their tool's
     executable image.

     Currently a tool is tied to a particular implementation, version,
     etc. of an Ada compilation suite, of which ASIS is very tightly
     tied to.  It's basically a configuration management problem.

     Eventually, we would like to see a separate ASIS engine and a
     separate executable -- in a client/server type of relationship.
     This would open the Ada tool market up considerably.

     Thus, the current issue is that the ASIS specification must be
     developed in such a way that it does not preclude a client/server
     implementation of ASIS.

     It is believed that ASIS can easliy be implemented using the
     Client/Server Model. An approach for building an ASIS Client/
     Server would be an interesting activity after the ASIS95 draft
     standard is completed.

!resolution Accepted.
!date 95-03-08
!Notes

Appropriate information from the above commentary was included
in ASIS version 2.0.I.