ABC/ADL: An ADL supporting component composition

Architecture Description Language (ADL) is one of the keys to software architecture research, but most attention was paid to the description of software structure and high-level analysis of some system properties, while the ability to support refinement and implementation of Software Architecture (SA) models was ignored. In this paper, we present the ABC/ADL, an ADL supporting component composition. Besides the capability of architecting software systems, it provides support to the automated application generation based on SA model via mapping rules and customizable connectors.Computer Science, Artificial IntelligenceComputer Science, Software EngineeringSCI(E)CPCI-S(ISTP)1