ISO/IEC/IEEE 42010:2011 System and Software Engineering - Architecture Description

Publication date : 2011-12
Edition: 1 Number of pages : 37
Technical Committee : ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 7 Software and systems engineeringISO/IEC/IEEE 42010:2011 addresses the creation, analysis and sustainment of architectures of systems through the use of architecture descriptions. A conceptual model of architecture description is established. The required contents of an architecture description are specified. Architecture viewpoints, architecture frameworks and architecture description languages are introduced for codifying conventions and common practices of architecture description. The required content of architecture viewpoints, architecture frameworks and architecture description languages is specified. Annexes provide the motivation and background for key concepts and terminology and examples of applying ISO/IEC/IEEE 42010:2011.