Applications and Installations
HOPEX enables association of an application with one or several installations. A software installation is supported by a site or server.
A software installation represents use by a given population of an application over time. The installation is therefore associated with a life cycle which is specified at the time of its creation.On the same site, an application is installed to offer different services to different users. Each installation is therefore associated with several usage contexts which enable specification of lists of functionalities available to different users.
The usage context of an application or an application system enables specification of the list of functionalities offered to each population of users for a given installation over a period of time. Several contexts can be created for a given installation.The application installation mechanism supplements the version management functionality offered by HOPEX.