Document Overview

The architecture of the application is represented using the recommendations of the Rational Unified Process guidelines. This document also highlights the development environment, quality requirements and prototyping details.

The UML (Unified Modeling Language) specification of the new ReCAP middleware system Shared Collection Service Bus(SCSB) has been divided into five views (Rationale’s 4+1 model):

• Use Case View –illustrates and validates the architecture by presenting selected architecturally significant use cases.
• Logical View – illustrates the object model of the design. It presents an analysis model, which captures the analysis of the use cases and a design model. This view also describes the logical structure of the system and presents key structural and behavioral elements.
• Process View – illustrates the assignment of components to the operating system processes and threads.
• Implementation Vi**ew** - describes the physical organization of the software and its components in the production environment.
• Deployment View –illustrates the mapping of the software to the hardware and its distribution aspects.