An Executable Architecture (EA), in general, is the description of a system architecture (including software and/or otherwise) in a formal notation together with the tools (e.g. compilers/translators) that allow the automatic or semi-automatic generation of artifacts (e.g. capability gap analysis (CGA), models, software stubs, Military Scenario Definition Language (MSDL)) from that notation and which are used in the analysis, refinement, and/or the implementation of the architecture described.

Closely related subjects

Subjects closely related to EA include:

• Object Management Group's Model-driven architecture

• Object Management Group's Business Process Management Initiative

• Vanderbilt University's Model Integrated Computing (MIC)

Implementations

Implementations of EA include:

• Rational Rose

• Generic Modeling Environment (GME)

• Open-Source eGov Reference Architecture (OSERA)

See also

• Business Process Execution Language (BPEL)

• Business Process Management Initiative (BPMI)

• Business Process Modeling Language (BPML)

• Executable Operational Architecture

• Model-driven architecture (MDA)

• Model-driven engineering (MDE)

• Object Management Group (OMG)

• Semantic Web

• Unified Process

• Unified Modeling Language (UML)

• Vanderbilt University

References

External links

• Model Integrated Computing (MIC) Website

• OSERA's Website

• Executable Architecture of Software-Defined Enterprises