Arc Application Framework for PHP5

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Briefly, Arc is an E_STRICT compliant Application Framework written in PHP5.

One of Arc's main goals is to ease the integration of disparate applications by exposing their functionality as a collection of fine-grained, loosely coupled services who's interoperation can be managed and orchestrated by the framework - increasing reuse and consequently reducing development time.

A number of tools and features will enable the rapid development and deployment of bespoke solutions (non-definitive list):

source code and data model generation aid in the development of applications designed specifically for Arc
service auto-discovery enables the interoperation of existing applications, whether remote (web services) or user-land PHP
webservice auto-discovery exposes Arc applications as web services (SOAP/REST/XML-RPC)
form auto-generation allows developers to concentrate on coding an application's business logic - Arc can produce a form interface to any service
introspective qualities guarantee device independence for most services (Devices: e.g. Web Browser, CLI, SOAP, etc.)

A number of packages are included to manage service interoperation (non-definitive list):

Orchid - service orchestration to control the execution of a collection of services
Weaver - workflow engine to negotiate execution paths within a service collection

Additional plans:

A BPEL4WS implementation will (probably, almost very definately, eventually) be provided
Generic Tagging library - tag any uniquely addressable entity
Sample applications

An in-depth description of available features will be released soon.

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