Foundations for the Study of Software Architecture

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Foundations for the Study of Software Architecture (1992)

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by Dewayne E. Perry , Alexander L. Wolf

Venue:	ACM SIGSOFT SOFTWARE ENGINEERING NOTES
Citations:	812 - 35 self

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@ARTICLE{Perry92foundationsfor,
    author = {Dewayne E. Perry and Alexander L. Wolf},
    title = {Foundations for the Study of Software Architecture},
    journal = {ACM SIGSOFT SOFTWARE ENGINEERING NOTES},
    year = {1992},
    volume = {17},
    pages = {40--52}
}

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Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to build the foundation for software architecture. We first develop an intuition for software architecture by appealing to several well-established architectural disciplines. On the basis of this intuition, we present a model of software architec-ture that consists of three components: elements, form, and rationale. Elements are either processing, data, or connecting elements. Form is defined in terms of the properties of, and the relationships among, the elements-- that is, the constraints on the elements. The ratio-nale provides the underlying basis for the architecture in terms of the system constraints, which most often derive from the system:requirements. We discuss the compo-nents of the model in the context of both architectures and architectural styles and present an extended exam-ple to illustrate some important architecture and style considerations. We conclude by presenting some of the benefits of our approach to software architecture, sum-marizing our contributions, and relating our approach to other current work.

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