Heterogeneous design idioms for software architecture

  • Authors:
  • Mary Shaw

  • Affiliations:
  • Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA

  • Venue:
  • IWSSD '91 Proceedings of the 6th international workshop on Software specification and design
  • Year:
  • 1991

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Abstract

Software designers use a variety of structural patterns to specify system architectures. These patterns, or idioms, are currently used informally and imprecisely. Nevertheless, they provide a useful, broadly shared vocabulary. In practice, a given design often relies on several patterns. This paper reviews some common architectural idioms, shows several ways in which they are used heterogeneously, and discusses the benefits of making these idioms and their combinations more explicit and precise.