CobRA '15: Proceedings of the 1st International Workshop on Exploring Component-based Techniques for Constructing Reference Architectures

The notions of architecture, component and composition are perceived differently in different communities. In order to discuss how component-based development can contribute to the definition and use of reference architecture in practice, in this ...

Software reference architectures provide guidance when designing systems for particular application or technology domains. In this paper we contribute a better understanding of developing and using reference architectures: First, we relate the concept ...

Variability Management (VM) is one of the core activities for the success of software reuse. Several VM tools developed in academia and industry support mass customization of new software products and decrease time to market. Despite of a significant ...

The Internet of Things (IoT) is a paradigm in which smart objects actively collaborate with other physical and virtual resources available in the Internet. IoT environments are characterized by a high degree of heterogeneity, encompassing devices with ...

Reference architectures systematize and standardize the development of software systems and, hence, contribute for the reuse of design expertise on a specific domain. An adequate architectural description for reference architectures is essential for ...

Reference Architectures (RA) are a special class of software architectures which comprises a family of concrete architectures. On the other hand, Model-Driven Development (MDD) has been largely adopted in software development. In MDD, a metamodel is ...