<s>
SOFA	B-Application
2	O
is	O
a	O
component	O
system	O
developed	O
by	O
at	O
Charles	O
University	O
in	O
Prague	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
provides	O
many	O
advanced	O
features	O
:	O
ADL-based	O
design	O
,	O
behavior	O
specification	O
and	O
verification	B-Application
based	O
on	O
behavior	O
protocols	O
,	O
software	O
connectors	O
supporting	O
different	O
communication	O
styles	O
and	O
providing	O
transparent	O
distribution	O
of	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SOFA	B-Application
2	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
not	O
only	O
for	O
modeling	O
component-based	B-Architecture
applications	O
but	O
also	O
as	O
a	O
complete	O
framework	O
supporting	O
all	O
the	O
stages	O
of	O
an	O
application	O
lifecycle	O
from	O
development	O
to	O
execution	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
SOFA	B-Application
2	O
system	O
includes	O
a	O
component	O
model	O
,	O
repository	O
of	O
components	O
,	O
runtime	O
environment	O
and	O
tool	O
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SOFA	B-Application
2	O
component	O
model	O
is	O
defined	O
by	O
means	O
of	O
its	O
meta-model	O
which	O
captures	O
core	O
concepts	O
and	O
states	O
relation	O
among	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SOFA	B-Application
2	O
provides	O
a	O
repository	O
of	O
a	O
components	O
which	O
is	O
automatically	O
generated	O
from	O
the	O
meta-model	O
.	O
</s>
