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iChilli(TM) News Item 2003-02-03:
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Originator: The iChilli(TM) Group
Primary Contact: in...@ic...
http://ichilli.sourceforge.net/
Date: 2003-02-03
Topic: iChilli(TM) Manual 1.0 Released

Abstract:
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The iChilli mobile J2EE platform provides a J2EE compliant runtime
environment
for both server and mobile platforms, such as J2ME, MIDP or other CLDC based
devices.
For example iChilli runs on the PersonalJava enabled Sharp Zaurus and
Compaq's iPAQ.

This is the first major release of the iChilli(TM) manual.

Contents:
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1. Introduction
2. Details
2.1 The Mobile World
2.2 Mobile Devices
2.3 A J2ME Introduction
3. The iChilli(TM) Vision
4. The iChilli(TM) Architecture
5. The iChilli(TM) Roadmap
6. Feedback

1. Introduction:
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It is our very pleasure to anounce the immediate availability of the first
version of
the iChilli(TM) manual.

The iChilli(TM) manual was introduced to give people an in-depth overview
about what
the iChilli(TM) group is aiming by providing the iChilli(TM) mobile J2EE
platform.

The current iChilli(TM) manual is the result of the research efforts
undertaken by
Daniel S. Haischt while writting his diploma thesis at the University of
Applied Science,
Reutlingen. The thesis was submited for approval at the 20th of january
2003.

An up-to-date version of the iChilli(TM) manual can be found at the
following internet
address:

-> http://ichilli.sourceforge.net/doc-intro.html

2. Details:
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This section gives you a brief overview about the information you should
expect to be
found within the iChilli(TM) manual.

2.1 The Mobile World:
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This chapter within the iChilli(TM) manual gives you a detailed overview
about what is
meant by the term Mobile Word and how the iChilli(TM) project addresses
several elements
found within a Mobile World. You will be given an introduction into which
devices will be
targeted by the iChilli(TM) project and how the different devices will be
differenciated
according to device constraints. Additionally you will be given an
introduction into
terminologies of the Java(TM) 2 Micro Edition platform, because the
iChilli(TM) leverages
the J2ME platform. This makes it essential to understand certain parts of
J2ME environments.

2.3 A J2ME Introduction:
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Everybody not familiar with the J2ME platform should have a certain interest
in reading
this chapter of the iChilli(TM) manual. This chapter clearly describes all
the different
J2ME profiles that are aiming to address the device differences currently
found in the
Mobile World. Additionaly this chapter tries to illustrates possible
chalanges that may
emerge while trying to develop a general purpose platform such as the
iChilli(TM) mobile
J2EE platform for mobile devices.

3. The iChilli(TM) Vision:
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This chapter gives you a brief introduction about all the various
iChilli(TM) system
components that are composing the iChilli(TM) mobile J2EE platform. This
chapter aims
to give a overall overview about every system component and why they are
required to
be a part of the iChilli(TM) mobile J2EE platform. Everybody should be
encouraged to
read this chapter because it gives a glimpse about what the iChilli(TM)
mobile J2EE
platform is all about and what mobile issues will be addressed by the
iChilli(TM) mobile
J2EE platform.

4. The iChilli(TM) Architecture:
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Finally this chapter explains the architecture of a very first system
architecture of
a prototype that was developed while writting a diploma thesis about the
iChilli(TM) mobile
J2EE platform. This chapter especially provides informations about the
iChilli(TM) J2EE
server and the PersonalChilli mobile EJB runtime environment. Additionally
you will be
introduced into terminologies of the Linda coordination model, because the
distrubuted
object layer on which the iChilli(TM) system relies on is based on a Linda
coordination
model for mobile environments. Finally this chapter aims to explain how EJB
application
logic can be brought to CLDC based devices running for example a MIDP
compliant Java VM.

5. The iChilli(TM) Roadmap:
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Reaching this point we would like to introduce a initial iChilli(TM)
roadmap,
which tries to illustrate upcomming milestones after having finished the
iChilli(TM)
diploma thesis.

A couple of days ago we were able to install a Wiki system at
sourceforge.net, a web
based collaboration platform which helps us to coordinate any further
project efforts.

you can find the iChilli(TM) Wiki at the following internet address:

-> http://ichilli.sourceforge.net/doc-faq.html

We will post several so-called stories (a term emereged from XP
methodologies) which
will describe steps how to reach a certain milestone. Additionally that Wiki
will
contain already finished research efforts that won't be a part of the
iChilli(TM)
manual, additional HOWTOs and most importantly a convinient FAQ.

The current iChilli(TM) roadmap, which is still in some kind of a flux,
could be
outlined as follows:

1. Q1 2003: Finish a Java VM comparison which provides a comparison matrix
of current mobile Java VMs (PersonalJava, Personal Profile, MIDP).
2. Q1 2003: Update the iChilli(TM) web site to contain more project specific
informations.
3. Q1 - Q2 2003: Provide a first jdk1.1.8 compliant EJB container system
based
on OpenEJB. Although this EJB container system does not contain
a CMP container.
4. Q4 2003: Provide a first J2EE server system including a MDB container and
a Web Services for J2EE compliant infrastructure.
5. Q1 - Q2 2004: Couple the iChilli(TM) J2EE server system and the
PersonalChilli
mobile EJB runtime environment together using the Lime distributed
Java(TM) middleware.

6. Feedback:
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We would like to encourage everyone to send any type of constructive
feedback using
the email adress fee...@ic... or one of the feedback HTML forms
found at the
iChilli(TM) web site.

February 2003,

The iChilli(TM) Group
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With best regards / Mit freundlichen Gruessen

Daniel S. Haischt IT Consulting
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