Application realisation

Abstract

Application design has the same role as single-system software design. The application architecture determines the overall structure of a particular application and must be capable of satisfying the application requirements. The application architect uses the reference architecture, which provides a design for many of the application requirements that the application architect must satisfy. Moreover, reusable components and interfaces, and configurations of them, are provided by the reference architecture. Therefore, application architects can focus their attention on the application-specific parts, thereby saving a lot of time. In discussion with the domain architect, certain solutions and application artefacts may become candidates for integration into the platform. Usually the integration takes place after the application is finished and the properties of the developed artefacts are validated. The application architect has the responsibility to provide the domain architect with information about such possible artefacts. © 2005 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.