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.