Evaluation framework for software architecture viewpoint languages
Author
Tekinerdogan, Bedir
Demirli, Elif
Date
2013Source Title
QoSA '13 Proceedings of the 9th international ACM Sigsoft conference on Quality of software architectures
Publisher
ACM
Pages
89 - 98
Language
English
Type
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Abstract
In general, software architecture is documented using software architecture views to address the different stakeholder concerns. The current trend recognizes that the set of viewpoints should not be fixed but multiple viewpoints might be introduced instead to design and document the software architecture. To ensure the quality of the software architecture various software architecture evaluation approaches have been introduced. In addition several documentation guidelines have been provided to ensure the quality of the software architecture document. Unfortunately, the evaluation of the adopted viewpoints that are used to design and document the software architecture has not been considered explicitly. If the architectural viewpoints are not well-defined then implicitly this will have an impact on the quality of the design and the documentation of the software architecture. We present an evaluation framework for assessing existing or newly defined software architecture viewpoint languages. The approach is based on software language engineering techniques, and considers each viewpoint as a metamodel. The approach does not assume a particular architecture framework and can be applied to existing or newly defined viewpoint languages. We illustrate our approach for modeling and reviewing the first and second editions of the viewpoint languages of the Views and Beyond approach. Copyright © ACM.
Keywords
Architectural viewpointsMetamodeling
Software architecture evaluation
Software language engineering
Tool support
Architectural viewpoints
Metamodeling
Software architecture evaluation
Software languages
Tool support
Computer programming languages
Design
Software architecture
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