Cooperative messaging environments

A computer program product comprising:

• one or more computer readable storage devices and program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable storage devices, the stored program instructions comprising:
• program instructions executable for determining an availability of each of a plurality of messaging resources of a cooperative messaging environment (CME), each of the plurality of messaging resources being associated with one or more message consuming applications;
• program instructions executable for determining an application property for each of the one or more message consuming applications associated with each of the plurality of messaging resources;
• program instructions executable for controlling a distribution of a message from a message producing application to at least one of the plurality of messaging resources based, at least in part, on metadata associated with the message, the availability of each of the plurality of messaging resources, and the application property for each of the one or more message consuming applications associated with each of the plurality of messaging resources;
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• program instructions executable for, responsive to receiving a request from a first message consuming application, opening a first messaging resource of the CME and associating the first messaging resource with the first message consuming application.

A computer system comprising:

• one or more computer processors;
• one or more computer readable storage media;
• and
• program instructions stored on at least one of the one or more computer readable storage media for execution by at least one of the one or more computer processors, the stored program instructions comprising:
• program instructions executable for determining an availability of each of a plurality of messaging resources of a cooperative messaging environment (CME), each of the plurality of messaging resources being associated with one or more message consuming applications;
• program instructions executable for determining an application property for each of the one or more message consuming applications associated with each of the plurality of messaging resources;
• program instructions executable for controlling a distribution of a message from a message producing application to at least one of the plurality of messaging resources based, at least in part, on metadata associated with the message, the availability of each of the plurality of messaging resources, and the application property for each of the one or more message consuming applications associated with each of the plurality of messaging resources;
• and
• program instructions executable for, responsive to receiving a request from a first message consuming application, opening a first messaging resource of the CME and associating the first messaging resource with the first message consuming application.