Software Architecture for Cooperative Buildings

Abstract

In this paper, we propose an overall software architecture for the application domain of cooperative buildings. Based on an analysis of the predominant functional requirements, we develop a business-oriented conceptual framework, establishing a common understanding of a cooperative building's entities and their relations. The framework is then mapped to an abstract technical software architecture with suitable system components and interactions. The resulting overall architecture provides a unifying high-level model of the various existing technical infrastructures for cooperative buildings, upon which interoperable solutions may be constructed.