Architecture specification support for component integration

Author

Kozaczynski, W. Voytek ; Liongosari, Edy S. ; Ning, Jim Q. ; Olafsson, Ásgeir

Author_Institution

Center for Strategic Technol. Res., Anderson Consulting, Chicago, IL, USA

fYear

1995

fDate

10-14 Jul 1995

Firstpage

30

Lastpage

39

Abstract

The paper describes an approach to automating the construction of software systems from components. We illustrate how integration-related concerns such as component interfacing, interconnection, distribution and configuration can be modeled with a specification language. We also show how a graphics-based design environment can be used to support visual specification and transformation of integration specifications into implementations. This approach raises the level of architecture specifications to assist the currently labor-intensive and error-prone process of system integration

Keywords

computer aided software engineering; computer graphics; formal specification; programming environments; software reusability; specification languages; visual programming; architecture specification support; automated software system construction; component integration; component interfacing; configuration; distribution; graphics-based design environment; implementations; integration specifications; interconnection; specification language; system integration; visual specification; visual transformation; Buildings; Computer architecture; Computer industry; Hardware; LAN interconnection; Middleware; Software engineering; Software standards; Software systems; Time to market;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer-Aided Software Engineering, 1995. Proceedings., Seventh International Workshop on

Conference_Location

Toronto, Ont.

Print_ISBN

0-8186-7078-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CASE.1995.465331

Filename

465331