On service-oriented architectural concerns and viewpoints

Qing Gu; Patricia Lago

doi:10.1109/WICSA.2009.5290822

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Despite the many publications around the innovation and challenges introduced by SOSE and SOA, the

r e a l' d \Leftrightarrow e r e n c e s w i t h t r a d i t i o n a l s o f t w a r e e n g \in e e r \in g and s o f t w a r e a r χ t e c t u r e a r e s t i l l v e r y f u z z y . T o b e e r u n d e r s \tan d t h e \in n o v a t i v e p \oint s (if a n y), \in t h i s w or k w e i d e n t if i e d s e v e n f u n d a m e n t a l d \Leftrightarrow e r e n c e s b y c o n d u c t \in g a l i t e r a t u r e r e v i e w, l \in k e d t h e m \to s o m e s e r v i c e r e \leq v a n t a s p e c t s and m a p p e d t h e d \Leftrightarrow e r e n c e s & s e r v i c e a s p e c t s o n t h e w e l l - k n o w n a r χ t e c t u r e - r e l a t e d c o n c e p t s o f

$real' differences with traditional software engineering and software architecture are still very fuzzy. To better understand the innovative points (if any), in this work we identified seven fundamental differences by conducting a literature review, linked them to some service relevant aspects and mapped the differences & service aspects on the well-known architecture-related concepts of$ architectural concerns' &

a r χ t e c t u r a l v i e w p \oint s' . A s s u c h, w e w e r e a b \leq \to i d e n t if y a n \in i t i a l s e t o f r e q u i r e m e n t s f or s e r v i c e - or i e n t e d v i e w p \oint s . I f s p e c i a l i z e d \in \in d u s t r i a l c o n, w e w o \underset{̲}{d} b e a b \leq \to e x e m p l if y \in n o v a t i v e p \oint s b y \cap t u r \in g s e r v i c e r e \leq v a n t a s p e c t s . I n p e r s p e c t i v e, t h i s w or k s e e m s \to s c a \leq d o w n

$architectural viewpoints'. As such, we were able to identify an initial set of requirements for service-oriented viewpoints. If specialized in industrial contexts, we would be able to exemplify innovative points by capturing service relevant aspects. In perspective, this work seems to scale down$ innovation' of SOSE and SOA, to `relevance' of service aspects to engineering and architecture.

On service-oriented architectural concerns and viewpoints

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