The following terms are used in this Guide:
- DTS (Distributed Transaction System)
DTS is an established and widely used application-to-application
inter-networking protocol. It is supported on the following
platforms: OpenVME, UNIX, and Windows.
- Business Object
A set of attributes that represent a business entity (such as Customer) and an
action on the data (such as a create or update operation). Components
of the IBM WebSphere system use business objects to exchange information and
trigger actions.
- OpenVME
An operating system used on Fujitsu mainframes.
- HostTalk
A portfolio of products and tools provided by Fujitsu. The portfolio
enables applications to integrate data across a wide range of host
environments.
- HostTalk VME Connector for Java platform (VJC) A product within
the HostTalk portfolio that provides a client API for Java
applications. It provides the ability to access OpenVME
transaction-processing applications and incorporate them in solutions built
upon Java technology.
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TPMS (Transaction Processing Management System) A component of the
OpenVME operating system that manages services associated to legacy
applications.
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DTS Link A logical connection from the Java platform to the OpenVME
transaction processing management service that sends messages to a remote
service on OpenVME.
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Initiator A DTS client that sends one or more request messages to a VME
service.
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Responder A request processing agent that returns one or more reply
messages to an initiator.
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DTS Conversation A sequence of request and reply interactions that share
the same converstion identifier.
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Message Tag Routing information that enables DTS messages to be routed
to the appropriate application component within VME.
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DTS Server Responsible for establishing connections or links to the
transaction processing services.
