ArchiMeDeS: A model-driven framework for the specification of service-oriented architectures

This paper presents a framework for the Model-Driven specification of Software Architectures, which is defined using the concepts behind Service-Orientation. The framework described, denominated as ArchiMeDeS, represents the following: a coherent solution to the problem of architecting the existing gap between the high-level configuration of a software system by describing the business entities and relationships required by a software solution, and its low-level representation, in which the technological aspects determine the final shape of the system, providing technical support to the previously identified business processes and constraints. We also provide a set of transformation rules, which semi-automatically advance in the Architecture specification. These rules allow progress to be made from conceptual architectural models to more technologically dependent ones. The feasibility of the proposed service-oriented framework is validated by showing its usage capabilities in the definition of a software solution in the field of neuroscience research.

► Combining model-driven approaches and Service-Orientation facilitates the specification of Software Architectures.
► ArchiMeDeS is an MDA-based framework for the specification of service-oriented architectures.
► ArchiMeDeS is valid for architecting a system for the management of medical digital images.