Shared Data Management Mechanism for Distributed Software Development Based on a Reflective Object-Oriented Model

In this paper, we propose a new object-oriented mechanism to manage shared data in distributed software development with following features. 1. Workspace Manager Object and Artifact Object manage the range of responsibility for a software engineer's task and control data sharing. 2. Autonomous Mediator Object supports negotiation relevant to the modification of shared data and coordination for the negotiation. 3. Each object has a meta-object. By the mechanism, it is possible to dynamically select available actions based on a variety of situations.

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