This package contains a work-in-progress implementation of QuA, a Quality-of-Service (QoS) Aware component middleware architecture. Like any middleware, this implementation provides a high-level interface to access system services such as remote communication. The primary goal of QuA is to support component-based software engineering (CBSE) of QoS-sensitive applications, such as real-time multimedia and control-systems. The related packages "QuA QRMI" and "QuA Tests - prototype" are needed to demonstrate current functionality.