Talk:Software architect
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Completely rewrote the software architect article. Removed the stub indicator. normxxx 19:27, 29 December 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Proposed merge
- Support — This article appears to be an almost direct copy of the Systems architect article, with only minor changes. It seems more sensible to simply have a systems architect article that includes a section describing the differences between a systems architect and a software architect (which may only be in the name, in the case of systems that are basically just software). --Allan McInnes (talk) 22:47, 6 March 2006 (UTC)
-
- Allan: The similarity is not accidental. It is a technique I developed in writing formal specifications— it forces the reader to concentrate on the real differences and not on any apparent differences due to different wording. English is tricky. Please see my comments on the SE talk page.
-
- What I think is much more important is to see how we can meld the definition for Technical architecture and also Operational architecture— which seem to be architectural views being advanced by the Army, DoD in general, and SEI. I think those need to be better melded into our current Wiki set of definitions. In particular, as I read the literature, Technical architecture is not exclusively about software, so to that extent, the Wiki definition is wrong! ⇒ normxxx| talk ⇒ email 21:39, 10 March 2006 (UTC)
-
-
- Normxxx: the problem is that without doing a diff of the two articles it is almost impossible to see the differences, and thus hard to focus on them. A surface reading of the two articles (Which is all many readers may do) makes the two seem identical. That is the reason that someone (and I should point out that someone wasn't me) has proposed to merge the articles. The alternative would be to rewrite this article to say something like "A software architect is a systems architect who specializes in developing software systems. The role of the software architect is in most respects the same as that of a systems architect. But there are some differences that result from the software architect's focus on software systems. These differences include...". The following references may help:
- --Allan McInnes (talk) 22:32, 10 March 2006 (UTC)
-
I have removed ther merge tag, per the discussions at Talk:Systems architect. --Allan McInnes (talk) 20:59, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
