Authors:
            
                    Frédérick Seyler
                    
                        
                    
                     and
                
                    Philippe Aniorté
                    
                        
                    
                    
                
        
        
            Affiliation:
            
                    
                        
                    
                    Laboratoire Informatique de l’Université de Pau et des Pays de l’Adour, France
                
        
        
        
        
        
             Keyword(s):
            Information Systems Integration, legacy systems, networking, middleware integration, software engineering
        
        
            
                Related
                    Ontology
                    Subjects/Areas/Topics:
                
                        Databases and Information Systems Integration
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                        Enterprise Information Systems
                    ; 
                        Enterprise-Wide Client-Server Architecture
                    ; 
                        Information Systems Analysis and Specification
                    ; 
                        Legacy Systems
                    ; 
                        Software Engineering
                    
            
        
        
            
                Abstract: 
                In this paper, we describe a process and a meta model that we are defining for the reuse of legacy based systems. This aims at filing the gap between design level bridges and the implementation of interoperability. Our proposal is a component based integration process, a metamodel based on welle known component research results and a reuse architecture allowing an operational integration of legacy applications. The metamodel, called Ugatze is composed by a set of UML packages covering multiple Viewpoints of the reuse activity. Ugatze is the Basque name for the Bearded Vulture, it reuses bones of death animals to eat, and its re-integration in Basque Country seems to be difficult, but it is a challenge.