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From beyondtest Sun Sep 4 05:28:20 +0200 2005
From: beyondtest
Date: Sun, 04 Sep 2005 05:28:20 +0200
Subject: Definition related to Software Architecture
Message-ID: <20050904052820+0200@beyondtest.objectis.net>
IEEE 1471 defines the following key terms:
• System is a set of components that accomplishes a specific function or set of functions.
• Architecture is the fundamental organization of a system embodied in its components, their relationships to each other, and to the environment, and the principles guiding its design and evolution.
• Architectural Description is a set of products that document the architecture.
• Architectural View is a representation of a particular system or part of a
system from a particular perspective.
• Architectural Viewpoint is a template that describes how to create and
use an architectural view. A viewpoint includes a name, stakeholders,
concerns addressed by the viewpoint, and the modeling and analytic
conventions.