On the Implementation of Catalysis Frameworks in COM Shui Ming Ho and Kung-Kiu Lau Department of Computer Science University of Manchester Manchester M13 9PL United Kingdom sho,kung-kiu@cs.man.ac.uk Abstract: Frameworks are increasingly recognised as very useful components in the emerging paradigm of component-based software development (CBD). They are widely accepted as better units of reuse than objects. In the leading industrial CBD methodology Catalysis, for instance, frameworks are fundamental units of reuse. In this paper, we discuss the implementation of Catalysis frameworks in COM.