Pahl, ClausORCID: 0000-0002-9049-212X, Giesecke, Simon and Hasselbring, Wilhelm
(2009)
Ontology-based modelling of architectural styles.
Information and Software Technology, 1
(12).
pp. 1739-1749.
ISSN 0950-5849
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.