31470 Distributed Computing Architecture

6cp; availability: undergraduate degree students

Requisite(s): (31465 Object-oriented Programming OR 48023 Object-oriented Programming OR 31267 Programming Fundamentals) AND (31466 Principles of Distributed Computing OR 31268 Web Systems)

These requisites may not apply to students in certain courses.

There are also course requisites for this subject. See access conditions.

This subject focuses on the design and development of distributed applications that exchange information. It looks at information architectures and common requirements for large-scale distributed applications in an electronic business context. Extensible Markup Language (XML) and related standards are introduced as an approach to information representation and exchange in distributed systems and the subject provides the opportunity for students to develop Java applications for information exchange. Finally, it introduces theory topics relevant to information representation and web-based distributed application development, including coverage of tree-structured information, regular expressions and an introduction to automata.

Typical availability

Autumn semester, City campus
Spring semester, City campus

Fee information

2007 contribution for post-2004 Commonwealth-supported students: $889.75
2007 amount for undergraduate domestic fee-paying students: $2,370.00
Subject EFTSL: 0.125
Note: The above fees are applicable in 2007 for Commonwealth-supported students who commenced after 2004 and domestic fee-paying undergraduate students only. Pre-2005 Commonwealth-supported students should consult the Student contribution charges for Commonwealth supported students webpage.
Not all students are eligible for Commonwealth supported places, and not all subjects are available to Commonwealth supported students. Domestic fee-paying students and international students should refer to the Fees webpage.

Access conditions

Note: The requisite information presented in this subject description covers only academic requisites. Full details of all enforced rules, covering both academic and admission requisites, are available at Access conditions and My Student Admin.