Ontology-based modelling of architectural styles

  • Authors:
  • Claus Pahl;Simon Giesecke;Wilhelm Hasselbring

  • Affiliations:
  • Dublin City University, School of Computing, Dublin 9, Ireland;BTC Business Technology Consulting AG, Kurfüstendamm 33, D-10719 Berlin, Germany;University of Kiel, Software Engineering Group, D-24118 Kiel, Germany

  • Venue:
  • Information and Software Technology
  • Year:
  • 2009

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Abstract

The conceptual modelling of software architectures is of central importance for the quality of a software system. A rich modelling language is required to integrate the different aspects of architecture modelling, such as architectural styles, structural and behavioural modelling, into a coherent framework. Architectural styles are often neglected in software architectures. We propose an ontological approach for architectural style modelling based on description logic as an abstract, meta-level modelling instrument. We introduce a framework for style definition and style combination. The application of the ontological framework in the form of an integration into existing architectural description notations is illustrated.