The Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA) is a set of international standards that define how object-oriented communication should happen over networks.
CORBA allows applications to communicate with one another, no matter where they are located, what language they were written in, or what operating system they run on. Applications gain access to information without having to know where the information resides. A server object may be in the same process as the client, in a different process, or on a totally different machine. Clients and servers interact through CORBA, which acts as an intermediary, forwarding requests between the client and the servers.
CORBA 2.3 is the latest version of the CORBA standards; it was adopted in 1998. The CORBA standards are published by the Object Management Group (OMG), an international standards-setting body with representatives from various organizations.
More information on CORBA is available from the OMG at http://www.omg.org. If you are new to this subject, a particularly useful resource is their "CORBA for Beginners" information at http://www.omg.org/news/begin.htm.
NOTE: These Web links were accurate when this manual was created, but may be changed by the OMG at any time.
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