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- ASSET: Asset Source for Software Engineering Technology
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- Telnet SOURCE.ASSET.COM or 192.131.125.10
- login: starsbbs
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- PURPOSE
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- Asset Source for Software Engineering Technology, ASSET, is a
- United States Department of Defense project to promote the reuse
- of computer software and software-related products. ASSET,
- being developed by IBM and its subcontractor, SAIC, is organized
- under the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's (DARPA's)
- Software Technology for Adaptable, Reliable Systems (STARS)
- program which was chartered for the purpose of achieving
- dramatic improvements in software productivity while continuing
- to make incremental improvements in quality and reliability.
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- ASSET strives to be the national clearinghouse for software
- reuse sources and information. ASSET will provide the following
- products and services:
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- Reuse Network and Distribution
- * Catalogs of reusable assets
- * Public domain
- * Government
- * Commercial
- * Library of reusable components
- * Message board
- * Schedule of reuse conferences
- * Brokerage services for reusable assets
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- Reuse Technology Information Exchange
- * Software reuse newsletter
- * Training and workshops in reuse
- * Software reuse consulting
- * Telephone customer support
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- Reuse Library Expertise and Consulting
- * Library management mechanisms
- * Component certification criteria
- * Domain analysis methods
- * Cataloging procedures
- * Searching techniques
- * Library interface standards
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