Software Engineering and Middleware: 4th International Workshop, SEM 2004, Linz, Austria, September 20-21, 2004 Revised Selected Papers

Middleware provides an integration framework for multiple and potentially - verse computing platforms. It allows developers to engineer distributed appli- tions more easily, providing abstractions and primitives to handle distribution and coordination. Middleware is constantly facing new challenges. Today’s advances incomp- ing, including development of pervasive applications, exacerbates the diversity problem, introducing variations not only in terms of performance, but also in terms of en...