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@Article{Garlan2002b, AUTHOR = {Garlan, David and Kompanek, Andrew and Cheng, Shang-Wen}, TITLE = {Reconciling the Needs of Architectural Description with Object-Modeling Notations}, YEAR = {2002}, JOURNAL = {Science of Computer Programming}, VOLUME = {44}, PAGES = {23-49}, PDF = {http://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs/project/able/ftp/uml01/uml01.pdf}, PS = {http://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs/project/able/ftp/uml01/uml01.ps}, ABSTRACT = {Complex software systems require expressive notations for representing their software architectures. Two competing paths have emerged. One is to use a specialized notation for architecture - or architecture description language (ADL). The other is to adapt a general-purpose modeling notation, such as UML. The latter has a number of benefits, including familiarity to developers, close mapping to implementations, and commercial tool support. However, it remains an open question as to how best to use object-oriented notations for architectural description, and, indeed, whether they are sufficiently expressive, as currently defined. In this paper we take a systematic look at these questions, examining the space of possible mappings from ADLs into object notations. Specifically, we describe (a) the principle strategies for representing architectural structure in UML; (b) the benefits and limitations of each strategy; and (c) aspects of architectural description that are intrinsically difficult to model in UML using the strategies.}, KEYWORDS = {Software Architecture, UML} }