4.4 Analysis of Formal Relationships in Architecture
Formal Relationships
In this section, we will focus on the relationships of form, which are sometimes called formal relationships or (more commonly) structure. Question 4c in Table 4.1 suggests that this is the next task in analysis.
As defined in Box 4.4, structure is the set of formal relationships among the elements of form of a system. Structure is not conveyed by Figure 4.9! Structure is additional information. If you are merely given a random set of mechanical parts or lines of code (the set of objects of form of the system), you do not know how to “assemble them.” What is missing is information about the structure. Structure shows where the elements of form are located and how they are ...
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