Describing a Software Technology
A software technology is a basic component necessary for operation of business applications. Software technologies include all basic software such as: application server, electronic mail server, software components for presentation, data entry, storage, business information sharing, operating systems, middleware, navigators, etc.Accessing the list of software technologies
To access the list of software technologies from the Deployment navigation pane:
Select Software Technologies.The list of software technologies appears in the edit area.
The properties of a software technology
The complete description of a software technology is accessed from its properties pages.
The Characteristics property page of a software technology provides access to:
• its Name,
• its Owner, by default during creation of the technologie, the current library.
• its Code,
• its Vendor,
• the Comment text.
The Characteristics property page provides access to the following sections:
• Technologies Types that defines the concerned software technology,
• Responsibility,
• Owned Realizations which represent the list of technical functionalities covered by this software technology.
For more details on functionalities, see Describing functionalities with HOPEX IT Architecture.For more details on realizations, see Describing the fulfillment of a Functionality.