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Wrapping (2XQ0)
Origin/Source for Inclusion of the Term (2XQ1)
E-Gov Enterprise Architecture Guidance Common Reference Model Draft Version 2.0 FEA Working Group July 25, 2002 Used the word "Wrapper" rather than "Wrapping" (2XQ2)
Reviewer Comment: Why was this switched? Is "wrapping" meant to be something being covered or the act of being covered? (2XQ3)
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Business Definition (2XQ6)
(The use of) software that accompanies resources or other software for the purposes of improving convenience, compatibility, or security. For example, a wrapper is used to compress and encrypt software that is being sold over the Internet. (2XQ7)
Reviewer Comment: The wrapping approach, used by software developers, encapsulates the legacy system making it accessible by new applications. (2XQ8)
Issue: Reviewer's opinion this definition is too technical for a business description. (2XQ9)
Reference/URL for Business Definition (2XQA)
Webopedia http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/w/wrapper.html (2XQB)
Technical Definition (2XQC)
Wrapping ..means.. Surrounding a legacy system with a software layer that hides the unwanted complexity of the old system and exports a modern interface. Wrapping removes the mismatch between the interface exported by a software artifact and the interfaces required by current integration practices. (2XQD)
Reference/URL Technical Definition (2XQE)
Modernizing Legacy Systems, Robert C. Seacord, Daniel Plakosh and Grace A. Lewis, SEI Series in Software Engineering, Addison Wesley, © 2003. (2XQF)
Context Definition 1 (2XQG)
Isolating the code to create an independently deployable unit of software and creating an interface around legacy code that exposes functionality as services via interfaces that conform to a component specification. (2XQH)
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