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Back in the 70s everybody knew that programming was not about writing code, but about the art of designing algoritms. Edsger (Edgar) Dijkstra used the term 'elegance' for correctly designed algoritms and everybody knew exactly what he meant. Every programmer and designer knew about Str...
Systems that pass data to each other share commonly understood semantics. Explicit data semantics is the key to success in an EDA (and any other messaging system). In striving for loose coupling, data semantics is the ultimate level; when systems are decoupled at the semantic level - e...
Everything is moving toward on-demand business where service providers react to impulses - events - from the environment. To excel in a competitive market a high level of autonomy is required, including the freedom to select the appropriate supporting IT-systems. The world is preparing...
I came across an interesting article of Arnon Rotem-Gal-OZ about the (mis)use of the layered architecture style. I found it an interesting article, although I have an essentially different view. I think the model of layers and tiers is a services model. As it is a services model to me...