Mumbai University > Computer engineering > Sem 7 > Softwrae Architecture.

Marks: 4 M

Year: May 13, Dec 12

Reference architecture is the set of principal design decisions that are simultaneously applicable to multiple related systems, typically within an application domain, with explicitly defined points of variation.

It is reusable in the sense that it can be adopted for the design of architectural instances and therefore the development of new systems, thus achieving a more disciplined, systematic approach in this particular domain.

Software Architecture is a way of decomposing complex system into many sub problems and subsystems.

A reference architecture can be described for a domain of systems and instantiated into software architecture. It is not a blueprint for designing a single system, but a framework for designing a range of systems over time, thus achieving adaptability to new trends and technologies.