Proceedings of
The 1998 Australasian Workshop on Software Architectures
(AWSA '98)
24 November, 1998
Melbourne, Australia
Edited by
Jun Han
Sponsored by
Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO)
Computer Sciences Corporation
Monash University
General and Program Chair:
Jun Han, Monash University, Australia
Program Committee
Geoff Brehaut, Computer Sciences Corporation, Australia
Pin Chen, Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO), Australia
Jennie Clothier, Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO),
Australia
John Grundy, University of Waikato, New Zealand
Jun Han, Monash University, Australia
Tao Lin, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
(CSIRO), Australia
Christine Mingins, Monash University, Australia
Peter Richardson, Object Oriented Pty Ltd, Australia
ISBN 0-7326-1781-2 (paperback)
Copyright by Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
Table of Contents
Session 1: Keynote Address
Session 2: Organisational and Management Issues
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Context Analysis of Architecture Practice Within Large
Organisations,
P. Chen, A. El-Sakka and J. Clothier (pages 2-13,
paper)
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The Role of Software Architecture in Collaborative and
Outsourcing Software Development Projects,
R. Abbas, P. Dart and E. Kazmierczak (pages 14-25,
paper)
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Information Structures Align Business and Software Architecture,
C.N.G. Dampney (pages 26-38, paper)
Session 3: System Integration and Organisation
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Application Integration by Linking Semantically Related
Objects Shared Across Applications,
P. Ghosh, G. Feuerlicht (pages 39-50, paper)
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Tool Integration, Collaboration and User Interaction Issues
in Component-Based Software Architectures,
J. Grundy, R. Mugridge, J. Hosking and M. Apperley
(pages 51-62, paper)
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Manifolds: Cellular Component Organizations,
C. Herring and S. Kaplan (pages 63-73, paper)
Session 4: Architecture Description and Tool Support
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A Simple Architecture Description Model,
A. Rakotonirainy and A. Bond (pages 74-82, paper)
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Security Characterisation and Integrity Assurance for
Software Components and Component-Based Systems,
J. Han and Y. Zheng (pages 83-89, paper)
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Representations of Application Architectures - Diagrams
vs. Application Description Languages,
G. Bell and D. Wilson (pages 90-98, paper)
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The Visualisation of Software Architectures,
T. Lin (pages 99-107, paper)
Session 5: Architecture Design
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Dynamic Distributed Software Architecture Design with
PARSE-DAT,
A. Liu (pages, 108-119, paper)
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Supporting Component-Based Development Through Customised
Architectural Views,
R. Vernik and M. Phillips (pages 120-125, paper)
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Architectures in Space, Time and Expertise,
F. O'Brien (pages 126-131, paper)