6.2 Architectural views
I explained in the introduction to this chapter that architectural models of a software system can be used to focus discussion about the software requirements or design. Alternatively, they may be used to document a design so that it can be used as a basis for more detailed design and implementation of the system. In this section, I discuss two issues that are relevant to both of these:
What views or perspectives are useful when designing and documenting a system’s architecture?
What notations should be used for describing architectural models?
It is impossible to represent all relevant information about a system’s architecture in a single diagram, as a graphical model can only show one view or perspective of the system. ...
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