What are the main contributions of IEEE 1471?
The key insights of IEEE 1471 are: • That an architecture is a conception of some system of interest in the context of its environment. • That an architecture description should demonstrate how an architecture meets the needs of the multiple stakeholders of the system. • That the architecture concerns of diverse stakeholders can be addressed by an architecture description constructed with multiple views of the system, such that each view covers an identified set of concerns. • That the rules for well-formedness, completeness and analyzability of each view be made explicit to readers of an architecture description via an architecture viewpoint. • That these key ides of architecture description can be captured as a metamodel and common vocabulary for talking about architecture.
