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Viewpoints are reflections of software systems from multiple perspectives. A number of consistency conditions apply to viewpoints and developers require a tool for each type of viewpoint. These tools need to support consistency management. Inter-viewpoint consistency can only be checked when tools are integrated into a viewpoint development environment. We briefly outline the functionality developers require from these environments. We discuss the suitability of abstract syntax graphs as a common viewpoint representation scheme. The main purpose of the paper is to present an object-oriented architecture for viewpoint-based environments. The architecture benefits from the integration of object database management systems and object request brokers.
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Emmerich, W. (1998). CORBA and ODBMSs in Viewpoint Development Environment Architectures. In: Orlowska, M.E., Zicari, R. (eds) OOIS’97. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-1525-0_29
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