An Executable Architecture (EA), in general, is the description of a system architecture (including software and/or otherwise) in a formal notation together with the tools (e.g. compilers/translators) that allow the automatic or semi-automatic generation of artifacts (e.g. capability gap analysis (CGA), models, software stubs, Military Scenario Definition Language (MSDL)) from that notation and which are used in the analysis, refinement, and/or the implementation of the architecture described.
Closely related subjects
Subjects closely related to EA include:
- Object Management Group's Model-driven architecture
- Object Management Group's Business Process Management Initiative
- Vanderbilt University's Model Integrated Computing (MIC)
Implementations
Implementations of EA include:
- Rational Rose
- Generic Modeling Environment (GME)
- Open-Source eGov Reference Architecture (OSERA)
See also
- Business Process Execution Language (BPEL)
- Business Process Management Initiative (BPMI)
- Business Process Modeling Language (BPML)
- Executable Operational Architecture
- Model-driven architecture (MDA)
- Model-driven engineering (MDE)
- Object Management Group (OMG)
- Semantic Web
- Unified Process
- Unified Modeling Language (UML)
- Vanderbilt University
References
- Pawlowski, Tom, "Executable Architecture", MITRE, 2004 Archived 2008-08-21 at the Wayback Machine
- Garcia, Johnny, "Executable architecture analysis modeling", ISBN 1-56555-314-4, 2007
- Youssef, R., Kim, B., Pagotto, J., Vallerand, A., Lam, S., Pace, P., Pogue, C., Greenley, A., "Toward an Integrated Executable Architecture and M&S Based Analysis for Counter Terrorism and Homeland Security", RTO-MP-MSG-045, NATO OTAN, February 2007 Archived May 17, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- Harrison, Gregory A., Hutt, Russell, Kern, Howard S., Saidi, Salaheddine, Young, Christopher A., "Federated executable architecture technology as an enabling technology for simulation of large systems", 2006
External links
- Model Integrated Computing (MIC) Website
- OSERA's Website
- Executable Architecture of Software-Defined Enterprises Archived March 20, 2017, at the Wayback Machine