The primary goal of our book is to give readers orientation in the architecture

domain. In our view, many books about architecture focus too heavily on the

topic of technology. Other books concentrate on architecture documentation and

nomenclatures and their related techniques. Some other books look at solution

patterns for architecture problems. And finally, relevant computer magazines

regularly cover reports on project experiences in which the architecture aspect of

a solution presented is very often the factor that gives the article its substance.

However, in our opinion at least, hardly any of these works attempt to give the

reader a comprehensive orientation in the topic of architecture. Most of the books

we know concentrate only on selected sub-areas of architecture. And the few

books that cover architecture more broadly still lack more or less a thorough

structure that provides orientation, or rather, a book architecture.-The primary goal of our book is to give readers orientation in the architecture

domain. In our view, many books about architecture focus too heavily on the

topic of technology. Other books concentrate on architecture documentation and

nomenclatures and their related techniques. Some other books look at solution

patterns　for　architecture　problems.　And　finally,　relevant　computer　magazines

regularly cover reports on project experiences in which the architecture aspect of

a solution presented is very often the factor that gives the article its substance.

However, in our opinion at least, hardly any of these works attempt to give the

reader a comprehensive orientation in the topic of architecture. Most of the books

we know concentrate only on selected sub-areas of architecture. And the few

books　that　cover　architecture　more　broadly　still　lack　more　or　less　a　thorough

structure that provides orientation, or rather, a book architecture.