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The '''Data Distribution Service''' ('''DDS''') for real-time systems is an [[Object Management Group]] (OMG) [[machine-to-machine]] (sometimes called [[middleware]] or connectivity framework) standard that aims to enable [[Safety-critical|dependable]], [[Many-task computing|high-performance]], [[interoperable]], [[Real-time computing|real-time]], [[Scalability|scalable]] [[data exchange]]s using a [[publish–subscribe pattern]].

DDS addresses the needs of applications like aerospace and defencedefense, [[air-traffic control]], [[autonomous vehicles]], medical devices, robotics, power generation, simulation and testing, [[smart grid]] management, transportation systems, and other applications that require real-time data exchange.

== Architecture ==

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* what happens if messages cannot be delivered

DDS allows the user to specify [[quality of service]] (QoS) parameters to configure discovery and behaviourbehavior mechanisms up-front. By exchanging messages anonymously, DDS simplifies distributed applications and encourages modular, well-structured programs. {{citation needed|date=October 2019}}

DDS also automatically handles hot-swapping redundant publishers if the primary fails. {{citation needed|date=October 2019}} Subscribers always get the sample with the highest priority whose data is still valid (that is, whose publisher-specified validity period has not expired). It automatically switches back to the primary when it recovers, too.

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== History ==

Development of the DDS specification started in 2001. It was developed by Real-Time Innovations (RTI), a software framework company, and [[Thales Group]], a French defencedefense company. In 2004, the [[Object Management Group]] (OMG) published DDS version 1.0.<ref>{{Cite web |title= Data Distribution Service (DDS), Version 1.0 |date= December 2, 2004 |publisher= Object Management Group |url= http://www.omg.org/spec/DDS/1.0 |access-date= November 9, 2016 }}</ref> Version 1.1 was published in December 2005,<ref>{{Cite web |title= Data Distribution Service (DDS), Version 1.1 |date= December 4, 2005 |url= http://www.omg.org/spec/DDS/1.1 |access-date= November 9, 2016 }}</ref> 1.2 in January 2007,<ref>{{Cite web |title= Data Distribution Service (DDS), Version 1.2 |date= January 1, 2007 |url= http://www.omg.org/spec/DDS/1.2 |access-date= November 9, 2016 }}</ref> and 1.4 in April 2015.<ref>{{Cite web |title= Data Distribution Service (DDS), Version 1.4 |date= April 10, 2015 |url= http://www.omg.org/spec/DDS/1.4 |access-date= November 9, 2016 }}</ref>

DDS is covered by several US patents,<ref>[https://www.google.com/patents/US8874686 US Patent US8874686]</ref><ref>[http://www.google.com/patents/US8671135 US Patent US8671135]</ref><ref>[http://www.google.com/patents/US8150988 US Patent US8150988]</ref><ref>[http://www.google.com/patents/US9015672 US Patent US9015672]</ref> among others.

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Extensible and Dynamic Topic Types for DDS (DDS-XTypes) provided support for data-centric publish-subscribe communication where topics are defined with specific data structures. To be ''extensible'', DDS topics use data types defined before compile time and used throughout the DDS global data space. This model is desirable when static type checking is useful.<ref>Extensible and Dynamic Topic Types for DDS (DDS-XTypes), 1.0, formal/2012-11-10, November 2012, http://www.omg.org/spec/DDS-XTypes/1.0/PDF</ref>

A [[Unified Modeling Language]] (UML) profile specified DDS domains and topics to be part of analysis and design modellingmodeling.<ref>UML Profile for Data Distribution, version: 1.0, http://www.omg.org/cgi-bin/doc?ptc/10-05-17.pdf </ref> This specification also defined how to publish and subscribe objects without first describing the types in another language, such as XML or OMG IDL.<ref>DDS-Java: Java 5 Language PSM for DDSVersion 1.0, ptc/2012-12-01, March 2013 http://www.omg.org/spec/DDS-Java/1.0/Beta3/PDF</ref>

An [[interface definition language]] (IDL) was specified in 2014 independently from the [[Common Object Request Broker Architecture]] (CORBA) specification chapter 3. This IDL 3.5 was compatible with the CORBA 3 specification, but extracted as its own specification allowing it to evolve independently from CORBA.<ref>{{Cite web |title= Interface Definition Language (IDL), Version 3.5 |date= March 1, 2014 |publisher= OMG |url= http://www.omg.org/spec/IDL35/3.5/ |access-date= November 9, 2016 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170121033326/http://www.omg.org/spec/IDL35/3.5/ |archive-date= January 21, 2017 |url-status= dead }}</ref>