The importance of architectural knowledge in integrating open source software

IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology

Volumn 365, Issue , 2011, Pages 142-158

  Stol, Klaas Jan ^a   Babar, Muhammad Ali ^b   Avgeriou, Paris ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^b IT UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Architectural knowledge; Component based development; Open source software integration; OSS integrator; Software architecture; Survey

Indexed keywords

OPEN DATA; OPEN SYSTEMS; PRODUCT DESIGN; SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE; SOFTWARE DESIGN; SURVEYING;

ARCHITECTURAL KNOWLEDGE; ARCHITECTURE PATTERNS; COMPONENT-BASED DEVELOPMENT; COMPONENT-BASED SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT; IN-DEPTH INTERVIEWS; LARGE SOFTWARE SYSTEMS; OSS INTEGRATOR; RESEARCH COMMUNITIES;

OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE;

EID: 84988431472     PISSN: 18684238     EISSN: 1868422X     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-24418-6_10     Document Type: Conference Paper

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