Domain Specific Software Architecture for Design Center Automation

TL;DR

This paper discusses the application of domain-specific software architecture methods to develop a reference architecture for a product ordering system in a supply store, focusing on the process rather than a complete, deployable model.

Contribution

It illustrates the process of deriving domain-specific reference architecture and knowledge models for a product ordering system in a supply store context.

Findings

Method used for deriving domain-specific reference architecture.

Partial domain model developed for blinds ordering system.

Process documentation for domain knowledge modeling.

Abstract

Domain specific software architecture aims at software reuse through construction of domain architecture reference model. The constructed reference model presents a set of individual components and their interaction points. When starting on a new large software project, the design engineer starts with pre-constructed model, which can be easily browsed and picks up opportunities of use in the new solution design. This report discusses application of domain reference design methods by deriving domain specific reference architecture for a product ordering system in a design center. The product in this case is instock and special order blinds from different manufacturers in a large supply store. The development of mature domain specific reference software architecture for this domain is not the objective of this report. However, this report would like to capture the method used in one such process and that is the primary concern of this report. This report lists subjective details of such a process applied to the domain of ordering custom and instock blinds from a large home construction and goods supply store. This report also describes the detailed process of derivation of knowledge models, unified knowledge models and the reference architecture for this domain. However, this domain model is only partially complete which may not be used for any real applications. This report is a result of a course project undertaken while studying this methodology.