Other Views and Beyond

The word architecture goes back through Latin to the Greek for "master builder." The ancients not only invented the word, they gave it its clearest and most comprehensive definition. According to Vitruviusthe Roman writer, whose Ten Books on Architecture is the only surviving ancient architectural treatisearchitecture, is the union of "firmness, commodity, and delight"; it is, in other words, at once a structural, practical, and visual art. Without solidity, it is dangerous; without usefulness, it is merely large-scale sculpture; and without beauty . . . it is not more than utilitarian construction.

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Marvin Tachtenberg and Isabelle Hyman, Architecture: From Prehistory to Post-Modernism/The Western Tradition (Prentice-Hall, 1986, p. 41)

Software Architectures and Documentation

Part I. Software Architecture Viewtypes and Styles

The Module Viewtype

Styles of the Module Viewtype

The Component-and-Connector Viewtype

Styles of the Component-and-Connector Viewtype

The Allocation Viewtype and Styles

Part II. Software Architecture Documentation in Practice

Advanced Concepts

Documenting Software Interfaces

Documenting Behavior

Choosing the Views

Building the Documentation Package

Other Views and Beyond

Rationale, Background, and Design Constraints

References



Documenting Software Architectures(c) Views and Beyond
Documenting Software Architectures: Views and Beyond
ISBN: 0201703726
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2005
Pages: 152

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