Architectural pattern (computer science)

Architectural patterns are software patterns that offer well-established solutions to architectural problems in software engineering. An architectural pattern expresses a fundamental structural organization schema for a software system. The schema consists of predefined subsystems and specifies their responsibilities and relations. In comparison to Design patterns, architectural patterns are larger in scope.

Examples of architectural patterns include:

References

http://wi.wu-wien.ac.at/home/uzdun/publications/ArchPatterns.pdf, Paris Avgeriou, Architectural patterns revisited — a pattern language, pp. pp. 1-39, 2005, Uwe Zdun, Proceedings of 10th European Conference on Pattern Languages of Programs (EuroPlop 2005), Irsee, Germany, July 2005.

http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0471958697.html, Buchman F., Meunier R., Rohnert H. & Sommerlad P. & Stall M., Pattern-Oriented Software Architecture: A System of Patterns, John Wiley & Sons, 1996.

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