Representing software systems architectures
Richard F. Hilliard · 1996
As software systems architectural practice moves from the informal to the disciplined, a key challenge is architectural decrcription.Despite substantial on-going work in "architecture description languages," have we found that existing languages are not rich enough to handle the software systems engineering concerns needed to specify and procure large Command and Control(C?) or other defense information systems.This position paper articulates requirements on architectural description in-the-large, reviews the limitations of current architecture description languages (ADLs) and outlines work in progress toward a framework for architectural description meeting these requirements.