A Survey on the Foundation of Software Architecture

Software architecture research has emerged over the past decade, as the fundamental study of the overall structure of software systems, particularly the relations among subsystems and components. Building the foundation for software architecture is the main focus of this paper. The paper started with developing an intuition for software architecture by appealing to several well-established architectural disciplines. Considering this intuition, a model of software architecture is presented that comprises of three components: elements, form, and rationale. The paper provides a classification of software architectures which turn out to be the foundation for the establishment of marketplaces for software components. The basis of component marketplace lies in the framework of key properties of software architecture. We can understand the development and scenario of software architecture research by examining the research paradigms used to establish its results. Citation:Tanzeela Khanam, Symbiosis Institute of Computer Science and Research; Tejasvi Chalasani ,Symbiosis Institute of Computer Science and Research; Tejas Mhaske ,Symbiosis Institute of Computer Science and Research; Hema Gaikwad ,Symbiosis Institute of Computer Science and Research. "A Survey on the Foundation of Software Architecture." Global Research and Development Journal For Engineering 19 2016: 20 - 26.