A lightweight XML-based middleware architecture

Predefined components often require adaption to make them work
together including an adaption of the data exchanged. The
present paper describes an XML based approach to solve the
adoption of data. It includes the serialization of objets to
XML, the transformation with XSLT, and the parsing and
construction of the transformed objects. The pre-agreed document
types involved allow a pre-compilation of the processes.
Compared to standard interpreted XML processing, this approach
reduces the online adaptation processes and speeds up the
components' communication.