Concern-Oriented and Ontology-Based Design Approach of Software Architectures

The obtainment of a quality software architecture that fulfils the design principles and addresses the stakeholders´concerns is an ongoing problem. In this paper, we present an approach to construct modular software architectures based on the stakeholders´ concerns and the domain ontology of the informational system where the software system will operate. The approach uses the Model-View-Controller architectural pattern and fulfils new additional design rules. We applied the approach in the design and implementation of the software architecture of a system that provides the selection criteria of the subjects in the clinical trials.