Service Based Development of a Cross Domain Reference Architecture

An important trend of software engineering is that systems are in transition from component based architectures towards service centric ones. However, software product line engineering techniques can help in a quality based and systematic reuse. The content of this paper addresses the issue of how to perform design and quality analysis of cross domain reference architecture. The reference architecture is designed based on the domains requirements and features modelling. We propose a service based approach for cross-domain reference architecture development. Throughout the sections we try to introduce an innovative way of thinking founded on bridging concepts from software architecture, service orientation, software product lines, and quality analysis with the purpose to initiate and evolve software systems.