Architecture description language: Difference between revisions

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*Requirements languages, because ADLs are rooted in the solution space, whereas requirements describe problem spaces.

*Programming languages, because ADLs do not bind architectural abstractions to specific point solutions

*Modeling languages, because ADLs tend to focus on representation of components rather than the behavior of the whole. Although, there are ___domain specific modeling languages that focus on representation of components.

The following list is a minimal set of requirements for a language to be an ADL. The languages must :

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**Constraints in an architecture map to requirements for a system

Most ADLs implement an interface connection architecture.

==Architecture vs. design==