GF.Workspace Engine
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GF | Workspace Engine | Version: | 0.5 | 
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| Document type: | Generic Function | Owner: |
 | This function offers a run-time environment for applications that require direct input from, and/or output to, the physical world. |
Description
This Generic Function belongs to Working Area Client Realm. This function offers a run-time environment for applications that require direct input from, and/or output to, the physical world, e.g. interaction with human users.
It has the following characteristics:
- offers computing capacity (processor cycles and memory space) to execute application code;
- offers (standard) operating software, routine libraries and sub-functions that support/can be invoked by application code;
- offers a user interface experience (e.g. a desktop environment).
Note how the Workspace Engine is closely related to the Application Engine, as both offer a run-time environment. However:
- the former is geared more for interacting with the physical environment (chiefly human users), mainly by invoking the Input and Output functionality;
- the latter is more specialized to support specific types of applications running on top of it.
Icon
The image "Icon GF Workspace Engine.png" (shown below) can be used to represent this infrastructure function in graphical Pattern representations that it might be part of:
Generic Patterns using this Generic Function
The following Generic Patterns use this function:
| Applied Pattern | Owner | Maturity |
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| Workspace | J.A.H. Schoonderbeek | 4 |
Applied versions of this Generic Function
The following variants of this function have been defined:
No Applied Pattern based on this Generic Pattern (yet)
