Architecture description language: Difference between revisions

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**general-purpose solutions

==UML as an ADL==

*The Positive

**lowers entry barrier, mainstreams modeling, tools

*Shortcomings of UML as an ADL

**Weakly integrated models with inadequate semantics for (automated) analysis

**Connectors are not first class objects

**Visual notation with little generation support, hidden and ambiguous relationships between views, both too much and too little

==Conclusion==

There is a rich body of research to draw upon