<s>
OSBP	B-Protocol
(	O
Open	O
Standard	O
Business	O
Platform	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
software	B-Application
factory	I-Application
provided	O
as	O
Open	B-License
Source	I-License
by	O
the	B-Application
Eclipse	I-Application
Foundation	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
OSBP	B-Protocol
combines	O
no-code/low	O
-code	O
elements	O
with	O
classic	O
software	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Using	O
this	O
technology	O
,	O
coding	O
is	O
largely	O
replaced	O
by	O
a	O
descriptive	O
modeling	B-Language
of	I-Language
the	I-Language
desired	I-Language
software	I-Language
,	O
based	O
on	O
which	O
the	O
factory	O
autonomously	O
generates	O
the	O
necessary	O
program	O
code	O
and	O
all	O
other	O
artifacts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OSBP	B-Protocol
does	O
not	O
chain	O
developers	O
to	O
no-code/low	O
-code	O
,	O
but	O
allows	O
them	O
to	O
integrate	O
their	O
own	O
source	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
applications	O
thus	O
created	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
independently	B-Operating_System
of	I-Operating_System
platforms	I-Operating_System
and	O
are	O
intended	O
for	O
professional	O
use	O
in	O
companies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OSBP	B-Protocol
was	O
developed	O
with	O
the	O
aim	O
of	O
minimizing	O
time-consuming	O
or	O
repetitive	O
tasks	O
(	O
such	O
as	O
designing	O
architectures	O
or	O
creating	O
source	O
code	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Developers	O
report	O
an	O
effort	O
reduction	O
of	O
up	O
to	O
90	O
percent	O
with	O
OSBP	B-Protocol
compared	O
to	O
a	O
conventional	O
approach	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
,	O
OSBP	B-Protocol
realizes	O
the	O
benefits	O
of	O
model-driven	B-Language
software	I-Language
development	I-Language
:	O
as	O
the	O
models	O
are	O
independent	O
of	O
the	O
code	O
,	O
you	O
can	O
create	O
modified	O
versions	O
of	O
an	O
application	O
at	O
any	O
time	O
-	O
the	O
software	O
remains	O
flexible	O
and	O
customizable	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OSBP	B-Protocol
decouples	O
the	O
technical	O
knowledge	O
of	O
programming	O
in	O
its	O
own	O
abstraction	O
layers	O
,	O
which	O
are	O
called	O
domains	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
each	O
domain	O
,	O
an	O
abstract	O
model	O
has	O
been	O
defined	O
,	O
the	O
specificity	O
of	O
which	O
is	O
described	O
by	O
means	O
of	O
domain-specific	B-Language
languages	I-Language
(	O
DSL	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
frameworks	B-Architecture
used	O
for	O
the	O
respective	O
domains	O
(	O
against	O
which	O
OSBP	B-Protocol
generates	O
the	O
program	O
code	O
in	O
the	O
final	O
step	O
)	O
can	O
also	O
be	O
exchanged	O
without	O
losing	O
the	O
work	O
previously	O
invested	O
in	O
the	O
description	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Currently	O
,	O
OSBP	B-Protocol
comprises	O
a	O
total	O
of	O
26	O
domains	O
(	O
including	O
the	O
developed	O
DSL	O
)	O
and	O
more	O
than	O
30	O
integrated	O
open-source	B-License
frameworks	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
domain	O
models	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
functionality	O
of	O
the	O
open	B-License
source	I-License
factory	O
are	O
expandable	O
for	O
everyone	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
source	O
code	O
is	O
released	O
as	O
open	B-License
source	I-License
under	O
the	O
Eclipse	O
Public	O
License	O
2.0	O
,	O
so	O
that	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
OSBP	B-Protocol
does	O
not	O
entail	O
any	O
dependencies	O
-	O
such	O
as	O
a	O
vendor	O
lock-in	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
,	O
the	O
under	O
professional	O
developers	O
dreaded	O
copyleft	B-License
effect	O
is	O
excluded	O
.	O
</s>
