MOBILE OBJECTS AND THE HYOCTANE DISTRIBUTED HYPERDOCUMENT SERVER

Mobile objects are programs passed between distributed information ser vers for execution on remote sites within a limited environment. We de scribe the MHEG virtual machine specification which supports mobile co de in a heterogeneous environment. MHEG VM is suitable for integration in many different distributed information systems, including the WWW. We briefly describe the possible integration of the MHEG VM with the HyOctane hypermedia system. We conclude this paper by discussing vario us issues associated with the design of robust mobile code systems. Co pyright (C) 1996 Elsevier Science Ltd