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Service Oriented Solution Modeling and Variation Propagation Analysis Based on Architectural Building Blocks

Service Oriented Solution Modeling and Variation Propagation Analysis Based on Architectural Building Blocks

Liang-Jie Zhang, Jia Zhang
Copyright: © 2013 |Volume: 10 |Issue: 4 |Pages: 23
ISSN: 1545-7362|EISSN: 1546-5004|EISBN13: 9781466635524|DOI: 10.4018/ijwsr.2013100102
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Zhang, Liang-Jie, and Jia Zhang. "Service Oriented Solution Modeling and Variation Propagation Analysis Based on Architectural Building Blocks." IJWSR vol.10, no.4 2013: pp.39-61. http://doi.org/10.4018/ijwsr.2013100102

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Zhang, L. & Zhang, J. (2013). Service Oriented Solution Modeling and Variation Propagation Analysis Based on Architectural Building Blocks. International Journal of Web Services Research (IJWSR), 10(4), 39-61. http://doi.org/10.4018/ijwsr.2013100102

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Zhang, Liang-Jie, and Jia Zhang. "Service Oriented Solution Modeling and Variation Propagation Analysis Based on Architectural Building Blocks," International Journal of Web Services Research (IJWSR) 10, no.4: 39-61. http://doi.org/10.4018/ijwsr.2013100102

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Abstract

In spite of the widely recognized benefits of applying Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) to design enterprise-scale software systems, its actual application practice is not always a success. One major reason is the lack of a systematic engineering process and tool supported by reusable architectural artifacts. Toward this ultimate goal, this paper proposes a new method of architectural building blocks (ABB)-based SOA solution design and it is applicable to any layered or tiered infrastructure. The authors present the modeling of solution-level architectural artifacts and their relationships, whose formalization enables event-based variation notification and propagation analysis. The goal is to provide architecture-level support for configuration and re-configuration of architectural artifacts based on industry practices. Their method also supports solution-level project variation management for the process of updating and maintaining architectural artifacts. The authors report a prototype tool that they have developed and describe how they extend the Unified Modeling Language (UML) mechanism to implement the system and enable solution-level enforcement as an example. The prototype has been applied in real projects as an SOA solution modeling tool.

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