Every architecture description needs a framework: Expressing architecture frameworks using ISO/IEC 42010

Author

Emery, David ; Hilliard, Rich

Author_Institution

DSCI Inc., Princeton, NJ, USA

fYear

2009

fDate

14-17 Sept. 2009

Firstpage

31

Lastpage

40

Abstract

The current draft revision of ISO/IEC 42010 (IEEE Std 1471) proposes a formalization of architecture framework within the ontology of the standard. This paper discusses the origin of the concept, motivates its standardization in ISO/IEC 42010, and argues that a well-defined architecture framework should be a key component of any architecture description. The paper describes the application of the proposed construct to several well-known architecture frameworks.

Keywords

IEC standards; IEEE standards; ISO standards; ontologies (artificial intelligence); software architecture; IEEE Std 1471; ISO/IEC 42010; architecture frameworks; draft revision; ontology; Computer architecture; Distributed processing; IEC standards; ISO standards; Information systems; Ontologies; Service oriented architecture; Software architecture; Software libraries; Standardization; architecture description; architecture framework; architecture viewpoint; model correspondence; model correspondence rule; standardization;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Software Architecture, 2009 & European Conference on Software Architecture. WICSA/ECSA 2009. Joint Working IEEE/IFIP Conference on

Conference_Location

Cambridge

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4984-2

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-5295-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WICSA.2009.5290789

Filename

5290789