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Wichter, David and Weinert, Alexander and Felderer, Michael (2026) A Design Space for Federated Software Systems. In: 3rd International Workshop on Designing Software (Designing '26). Association for Computing Machinery. Designing 2026, 2026-04-13, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. doi: 10.1145/3786152.3788591.
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Abstract
Federation is a useful property of software systems in contexts that require high levels of autonomy and heterogeneity among subsystems. However, available design frameworks for federation are domain-specific or do not cover a wide enough space of design possibilities. This can lead to problems during the software design phase such as inefficient communication and increased design efforts. In this paper we offer a general design space for federation in software systems to alleviate these issues. We arrived at our contribution by way of Design Science Research and validated it with case studies of two social media applications, which we have placed within the design space. We conclude that the design space can be effectively used to delineate federated from non-federated software systems, which demonstrates its applicability as a design framework that conceptualizes general software federation.
| Item URL in elib: | https://elib.dlr.de/221605/ | ||||||||||||||||
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| Document Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Speech) | ||||||||||||||||
| Title: | A Design Space for Federated Software Systems | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date: | 2026 | ||||||||||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | 3rd International Workshop on Designing Software (Designing '26) | ||||||||||||||||
| Refereed publication: | Yes | ||||||||||||||||
| Open Access: | No | ||||||||||||||||
| Gold Open Access: | No | ||||||||||||||||
| In SCOPUS: | No | ||||||||||||||||
| In ISI Web of Science: | No | ||||||||||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1145/3786152.3788591 | ||||||||||||||||
| Publisher: | Association for Computing Machinery | ||||||||||||||||
| Status: | Published | ||||||||||||||||
| Keywords: | Software Engineering, Software Design, Software Architecture, Federated Software, Design Space, Autonomy, Heterogeneity | ||||||||||||||||
| Event Title: | Designing 2026 | ||||||||||||||||
| Event Location: | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | ||||||||||||||||
| Event Type: | Workshop | ||||||||||||||||
| Event Date: | 13 April 2026 | ||||||||||||||||
| HGF - Research field: | Aeronautics, Space and Transport | ||||||||||||||||
| HGF - Program: | Transport | ||||||||||||||||
| HGF - Program Themes: | Transport System | ||||||||||||||||
| DLR - Research area: | Transport | ||||||||||||||||
| DLR - Program: | V VS - Verkehrssystem | ||||||||||||||||
| DLR - Research theme (Project): | V - INTERMOVE - Attraktive und Widerstandsfähige intermodale Verkehrssysteme | ||||||||||||||||
| Location: | Köln-Porz | ||||||||||||||||
| Institutes and Institutions: | Institute of Software Technology > Intelligent and Distributed Systems Institute of Software Technology | ||||||||||||||||
| Deposited By: | Wichter, David | ||||||||||||||||
| Deposited On: | 05 Jan 2026 09:46 | ||||||||||||||||
| Last Modified: | 10 Sep 2026 13:04 |
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