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Using ontology to support development of software architectures.

In this paper we propose an approach to software development that focuses on architecture decisions and involves the use of ontology. In this approach the architecture is captured by an instance of an ontology. The ontology has four major components: architecture assets, architecture decisions, stakeholder concerns, and an architecture roadmap. We illustrate our approach through a case study involving a real-time credit-approval system and the use of Protege, an open-source ontology development tool.

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The IEEE Recommended Practices for Architectural Description of Software-Intensive Systems (IEEE-1471) (1) provides a conceptual framework for documenting software ...

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