| Title | In search of \’architectural knowledge\’ |
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| Author(s) | de Boer, Remco C. and Farenhorst, Rik |
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| Details | Conference Proceedings: 2008 |
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| Abstract | The software architecture community puts more and more emphasis on ‘architectural knowledge’. However, there appears to be no commonly accepted definition of what architectural knowledge entails, which makes it a fuzzy concept. In order to obtain a better understanding of how different authors view ‘architectural knowledge’, we have conducted a systematic review to examine how architectural knowledge is defined and how the different definitions in use are related. From this review it became clear that many authors do not provide a concrete definition of what they think architectural knowledge entails. What is more intriguing, though, is that those who do give a definition seem to agree that architectural knowledge spans from problem domain through decision making to solution; an agreement that is not obvious from the definitions themselves, but which is only brought to light after careful systematic comparison of the different studies. |
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| DOI | http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1370062.1370080 |
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| BibTex | View Citation |
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| Topics | Application, Design, Secondary Study |
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