<s>
The	O
CAPE-OPEN	B-Application
Interface	I-Application
Standard	I-Application
consists	O
of	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
specifications	O
to	O
expand	O
the	O
range	O
of	O
application	O
of	O
process	O
simulation	O
technologies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ability	O
to	O
apply	O
a	O
consistent	O
set	O
of	O
simulation	O
components	O
across	O
all	O
CAPE-OPEN	O
compliant	O
simulation	O
environments	O
and	O
other	O
modelling	O
tools	O
such	O
as	O
MATLAB	B-Language
and	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Excel	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
CAPE-OPEN	O
specifications	O
define	O
software	O
interfaces	O
for	O
process	O
simulation	O
environments	O
in	O
terms	O
of	O
both	O
the	O
Microsoft	O
standard	O
COM/DCOM	O
and	O
the	O
Common	B-Architecture
Object	I-Architecture
Request	I-Architecture
Broker	I-Architecture
Architecture	I-Architecture
(	O
CORBA	B-Architecture
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hence	O
both	O
COM	O
and	O
CORBA	B-Architecture
based	O
simulators	O
are	O
supported	O
by	O
the	O
CAPE-OPEN	O
specifications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
specifications	O
follow	O
an	O
Object	O
Oriented	O
approach	O
and	O
are	O
developed	O
and	O
specified	O
using	O
the	O
Unified	B-Language
Modelling	I-Language
Language	I-Language
(	O
UML	B-Language
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
,	O
CAPE-OPEN	O
is	O
implemented	O
in	O
freeware	O
such	O
as	O
COCO	B-Application
simulator	I-Application
,	O
in	O
openware	O
such	O
as	O
DWSIM	B-Application
,	O
and	O
in	O
many	O
of	O
the	O
leading	O
commercial	B-Application
simulation	I-Application
tools	I-Application
.	O
</s>
