Network-Based Software Architectures - Revision history

http://wiki.cas.mcmaster.ca/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Network-Based_Software_Architectures Network-Based Software Architectures - Revision history 2026-04-05T18:00:11Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.15.1 http://wiki.cas.mcmaster.ca/index.php?title=Network-Based_Software_Architectures&diff=1021&oldid=prev 130.113.194.127 at 16:00, 9 April 2008 2008-04-09T16:00:10Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: white; color:black;"> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr valign='top'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 16:00, 9 April 2008</td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 90:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 90:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>*[http://www.cas.mcmaster.ca/wiki/index.php/TCP/IP_Application_Development TCP/IP Application Development]</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>*[http://www.cas.mcmaster.ca/wiki/index.php/TCP/IP_Application_Development TCP/IP Application Development]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>*[http://www.cas.mcmaster.ca/wiki/index.php/SOA_enhancements_through_XML_Networking SOA Enhancements Through XML Networking]</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>*[http://www.cas.mcmaster.ca/wiki/index.php/SOA_enhancements_through_XML_Networking SOA Enhancements Through XML Networking]</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">*[http://www.cas.mcmaster.ca/wiki/index.php/Applications_of_SSH Applications of SSH]</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>==External links==</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>==External links==</div></td></tr>  </table>

130.113.194.127 http://wiki.cas.mcmaster.ca/index.php?title=Network-Based_Software_Architectures&diff=1020&oldid=prev 130.113.194.127 at 15:56, 9 April 2008 2008-04-09T15:56:49Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: white; color:black;"> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr valign='top'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 15:56, 9 April 2008</td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 96:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 96:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>*[http://www.ics.uci.edu/~fielding/ Roy Fielding's homepage]</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>*[http://www.ics.uci.edu/~fielding/ Roy Fielding's homepage]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>*[http://www.booch.com/architecture/blog.jsp Grady Booch's Software Architecture Blog]</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>*[http://www.booch.com/architecture/blog.jsp Grady Booch's Software Architecture Blog]</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">*[http://plg.uwaterloo.ca/~holt/cs/746/ Ric Holt's Software Architecture Course, University of Waterloo]</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>--[[User:Aws|Aws]] 21:38, 2 April 2008 (EDT)</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>--[[User:Aws|Aws]] 21:38, 2 April 2008 (EDT)</div></td></tr>  </table>

130.113.194.127 http://wiki.cas.mcmaster.ca/index.php?title=Network-Based_Software_Architectures&diff=1019&oldid=prev 130.113.115.52 at 15:49, 7 April 2008 2008-04-07T15:49:39Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: white; color:black;"> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr valign='top'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 15:49, 7 April 2008</td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 90:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 90:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>*[http://www.cas.mcmaster.ca/wiki/index.php/TCP/IP_Application_Development TCP/IP Application Development]</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>*[http://www.cas.mcmaster.ca/wiki/index.php/TCP/IP_Application_Development TCP/IP Application Development]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>*[http://www.cas.mcmaster.ca/wiki/index.php/SOA_enhancements_through_XML_Networking SOA Enhancements Through XML Networking]</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>*[http://www.cas.mcmaster.ca/wiki/index.php/SOA_enhancements_through_XML_Networking SOA Enhancements Through XML Networking]</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>==External links==</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>==External links==</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>*[http://www.wwisa.org/ Worldwide Institute of Software Architecture (WWISA)]</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>*[http://www.wwisa.org/ Worldwide Institute of Software Architecture (WWISA)]</div></td></tr>  </table>

130.113.115.52 http://wiki.cas.mcmaster.ca/index.php?title=Network-Based_Software_Architectures&diff=1018&oldid=prev 130.113.115.52 at 15:49, 7 April 2008 2008-04-07T15:49:13Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: white; color:black;"> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr valign='top'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 15:49, 7 April 2008</td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 89:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 89:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>==See also==</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>==See also==</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>*[http://www.cas.mcmaster.ca/wiki/index.php/TCP/IP_Application_Development TCP/IP Application Development]</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>*[http://www.cas.mcmaster.ca/wiki/index.php/TCP/IP_Application_Development TCP/IP Application Development]</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">*[http://www.cas.mcmaster.ca/wiki/index.php/SOA_enhancements_through_XML_Networking SOA Enhancements Through XML Networking]</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>==External links==</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>==External links==</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>*[http://www.wwisa.org/ Worldwide Institute of Software Architecture (WWISA)]</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>*[http://www.wwisa.org/ Worldwide Institute of Software Architecture (WWISA)]</div></td></tr>  </table>

130.113.115.52 http://wiki.cas.mcmaster.ca/index.php?title=Network-Based_Software_Architectures&diff=1017&oldid=prev 130.113.115.52 at 15:44, 7 April 2008 2008-04-07T15:44:37Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: white; color:black;"> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr valign='top'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 15:44, 7 April 2008</td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 69:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 69:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ul></div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ul></div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><li> Software architecture expertise is essential for a successful software project</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><li> Software architecture expertise is essential for a successful software project</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><li> As more and more software is becoming network-based, the need for a distinction between general architectures and network-based ones is increasing <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">important</del>.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><li> As more and more software is becoming network-based, the need for a distinction between general architectures and network-based ones is increasing <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">in importance</ins>.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><li> The relative immaturity of the field and the lack of tools has <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">started </del>a large number of research projects addressing the issues from different directions.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><li> The relative immaturity of the field and the lack of tools has <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">sparked </ins>a large number of research projects addressing the issues from different directions.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div></ul></div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div></ul></div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr>  </table>

130.113.115.52 http://wiki.cas.mcmaster.ca/index.php?title=Network-Based_Software_Architectures&diff=1016&oldid=prev 130.113.115.52 at 15:36, 7 April 2008 2008-04-07T15:36:27Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: white; color:black;"> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr valign='top'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 15:36, 7 April 2008</td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 26:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 26:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>===Client-Server===</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>===Client-Server===</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>One of the most widespread styles in network-based applications. Consists of client based software and server based software where the server serves a number of clients concurrently. The client software is separated from the server software and the mode of communication between is defined.[1]</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>One of the most widespread styles in network-based applications. Consists of client based software and server based software where the server serves a number of clients concurrently. The client software is separated from the server software and the mode of communication between <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">them </ins>is defined.[1]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>[[Image: Picture 11.png|thumb|200px|right| Client Server Architecture]]</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>[[Image: Picture 11.png|thumb|200px|right| Client Server Architecture]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr>  </table>

130.113.115.52 http://wiki.cas.mcmaster.ca/index.php?title=Network-Based_Software_Architectures&diff=1015&oldid=prev 130.113.115.52 at 15:35, 7 April 2008 2008-04-07T15:35:20Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: white; color:black;"> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr valign='top'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 15:35, 7 April 2008</td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 13:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 13:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Generally, architecture descriptions contain 3 major parts: components, connectors, and storage elements [1, 2]:</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Generally, architecture descriptions contain 3 major parts: components, connectors, and storage elements [1, 2]:</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>  <ul></div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>  <ul></div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><li> '''Components''': Parts of the system where most of the computation occurs. The state of the components <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">determine </del>the state of the system as a whole.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><li> '''Components''': Parts of the system where most of the computation occurs. The state of the components <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">determines </ins>the state of the system as a whole.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><li> '''Connectors''': Used to connect components to each other, used as communication paths to facilitate communication between different components.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><li> '''Connectors''': Used to connect components to each other, used as communication paths to facilitate communication between different components.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><li> '''Storage Elements''': Used to store and retrieve data used by the software system.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><li> '''Storage Elements''': Used to store and retrieve data used by the software system<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">'s components</ins>.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div></ul></div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div></ul></div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr>  </table>

130.113.115.52 http://wiki.cas.mcmaster.ca/index.php?title=Network-Based_Software_Architectures&diff=1014&oldid=prev 130.113.115.52 at 15:33, 7 April 2008 2008-04-07T15:33:16Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: white; color:black;"> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr valign='top'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 15:33, 7 April 2008</td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 7:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 7:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>As software increased in size, interaction, and sophistication, the need for a conceptual or a bird-eye-view of a software system became a central issue in software engineering research in the early 90s [4]. While the field has not reached the level of maturity that building architecture, for example, enjoys, it has started finding its way into mainstream software development, and "software architects" have become an important commodity for most software projects.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>As software increased in size, interaction, and sophistication, the need for a conceptual or a bird-eye-view of a software system became a central issue in software engineering research in the early 90s [4]. While the field has not reached the level of maturity that building architecture, for example, enjoys, it has started finding its way into mainstream software development, and "software architects" have become an important commodity for most software projects.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>As the World Wide Web continues to infiltrate our every day life, our level of reliance on software keeps increasing significantly . This gave rise to a new specialty of software architecture; architecture of network-based software, initially introduced in Roy Fielding's PhD dissertation [2].</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>As the World Wide Web continues to infiltrate our every day life, our level of reliance on software keeps increasing significantly. This gave rise to a new specialty of software architecture; architecture of network-based software, initially introduced in Roy Fielding's PhD dissertation [2].</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr>  </table>

130.113.115.52 http://wiki.cas.mcmaster.ca/index.php?title=Network-Based_Software_Architectures&diff=1013&oldid=prev 130.113.115.52 at 15:32, 7 April 2008 2008-04-07T15:32:29Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: white; color:black;"> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr valign='top'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 15:32, 7 April 2008</td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>'''Network-Based Software Architecture''' is a subfield of the area of '''Software Architectures''' that deals with the conceptual structure of software systems that primarily run on networks, e.g. Apache Web Server. The distinction between general software architectures and network-based software architectures is of vital importance due to the different organizations, goals, and uses that network-based software <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">has </del>compared to other kinds of software (e.g. control software).</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>'''Network-Based Software Architecture''' is a subfield of the area of '''Software Architectures''' that deals with the conceptual structure of software systems that primarily run on networks, e.g. Apache Web Server. The distinction between general software architectures and network-based software architectures is of vital importance due to the different organizations, goals, and uses that network-based software compared to other kinds of software (e.g. control software).</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>[[Image: software architecture new.jpg|thumb|250px|right| Software Architecture of a Network-based application[5]]]</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>[[Image: software architecture new.jpg|thumb|250px|right| Software Architecture of a Network-based application[5]]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr>  </table>

130.113.115.52 http://wiki.cas.mcmaster.ca/index.php?title=Network-Based_Software_Architectures&diff=1012&oldid=prev Aws at 03:46, 4 April 2008 2008-04-04T03:46:16Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: white; color:black;"> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr valign='top'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 03:46, 4 April 2008</td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 58:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 58:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>==Architecture Description Langauges (ADLs)==</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>==Architecture Description Langauges (ADLs)==</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Architecture Description Languages are used to describe a software system's general layout <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">formally</del>. The need for formality in software architecture arose due to the complexity of software systems and hence the complexity of their architectures. In [6], Allen and Garlan describe one of the most popular ADLs. Other ADL research projects include:</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Architecture Description Languages are used to <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">formally </ins>describe a software system's general layout. The need for formality in software architecture arose due to the complexity of software systems and hence the complexity of their architectures. In [6], Allen and Garlan describe one of the most popular ADLs. Other ADL research projects include:</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ul></div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ul></div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><li> [http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/~acme/ ACME]</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><li> [http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/~acme/ ACME]</div></td></tr>  </table>

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