Domain-Specific Software Architecture Engineering Process Guidelines

"In order to reuse software, there needs to be software to reuse[12]." One of the dilemmas that has prevented software developers from reusing software is the lack of software artifacts to use or the existence of artifacts that are difficult to integrate. Domain-Specific Software Architectures (DSSAs) have been proposed [7] in order to address these issues. A DSSA not only provides a framework for reusable software components to fit into, but captures the design rationale and provides for a degree of adaptability. This document presents process guidelines for defining a Domain-Specific Software Architecture 1 . Furthermore, the process is formally specified in the Teamware Process Programming Language. 1 This effort is sponsored by the US Department of Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency in cooperation with the US Air Force Wright Laboratory Avionics Directorate under contract F33615-91-C-1788. Contents Introduction 3 Terminology and Definitions : : : : : : : : : : 4 RDD-..