More on definitions of Software Architecture

[Joseph Baran <joebaran@extol.com>]

More on "Architecture":

Back on Sept. 5, Chris Ferris posted comments to the TA list on the 
previous version of the TA document; the beginning of his post is excerpted 
below.

I found the definitions at the referenced link to be very helpful.

-----Original Message-----
From:	Christopher Ferris [SMTP:chris.ferris@east.sun.com]
Sent:	Tuesday, September 05, 2000 3:46 PM
To:	ebXML-Architecture List
Subject:	Re: New Tech Arch Document

Is this an architecture document or yet another requirements
document?

I would suggest a perusal of the miriad "definitions" of the
term. The first two are quite useful.

	http://www.sei.cmu.edu/architecture/definitions.html

The Technical Architecture should be descriptive, in a general
sense of the components of the system and their interactions
or interface points.

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Also, see the following (from other links on the same site):


This is an outline of some of the issues involved in _documenting_ software 
architecture:

http://www.sei.cmu.edu/ata/arch_rep.html



Being a Lao-Tzu fan, I especially enjoyed this one:

http://www.sei.cmu.edu/architecture/essays.html#tao


Joe Baran