The Messaging Open Service Interface Definition (OSID) is an O.K.I. specification which provides a means of sending, subscribing and receivng messages. OSIDs are programmatic interfaces which comprise a Service Oriented Architecture for designing and building reusable and interoperablesoftware. In engineering and manufacturing, the term specification has the following meanings: Technical requirement An essential technical requirement for items, materials, or services, including the procedures to be used to determine whether the requirement has been met. ... In computing, the term Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) expresses a software architectural concept that defines the use of services to support the requirements of software users. ... In computer science and software engineering, reusability is the likelihood a segment of structured code can be used again to add new functionalities with slight or no modification. ... Interoperability is the name for the characteristic whereby products can work together to accomplish tasks, usually by dint of standard file formats or network protocols. ... Computer software (or simply software) refers to one or more computer programs and data held in the storage of a computer for some purpose. ...
Each message has a Type and a Topic and what messages are received can be filtered by Type and Topic. Messages can be sent to a specific subset of subscribers (Agents) or to all subscribers. This OSID is a general service intended to interface with underlying email, chat, instant messaging, or threaded discussion systems. Message in its most general meaning is the object of communication. ... E-mail, or email, is short for electronic mail and is a method of composing, sending, and receiving messages over electronic communication systems. ... This Soviet war poster reads: Dont chatter! Gossiping borders on treason (1941). ... A screenshot of PowWow, one of the first instant messengers with a graphical user interface Instant messaging is the act of instantly communicating between two or more people over a network such as the Internet. ... Gaia Online, the largest English language forum-based community as of April 2005 — powered by a modified version of phpBB. An Internet forum is a facility on the World Wide Web for holding discussions, or the web application software used to provide the facility. ...
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