COSMOS User's Guide


Managing COSMOS components

COSMOS consists of the following components.

Management Domain
This component is used to boot the COSMOS system.

Data broker
This component is where Web services that share data self-register.

Data Adapter
This is a product-specific component that each product needs in order to share its data.

Data Manager
This component hosts one or more data adapters and handles communication with the COSMOS environment.

Client APIs and GUIs
These components are used to visualize or access data from multiple applications.


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