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New Zealand climate scientists wonder where the next attack on their work will come from in the lead-up to the Copenhagen climate talks.
Scientists yesterday rubbished claims from New Zealand climate-change sceptics that temperature data from around the country had been deliberately tampered with to show a higher degree of warming.
The suggestion from the New Zealand Climate Science Coalition and the Climate Conversation Group comes just days after "Climategate", in which thousands of emails and documents sent between scientists were hacked from the University of East Anglia's Climate Research Unit and leaked on the internet.
Sceptics have been selecting out comments from the emails and saying they are evidence of selective science and even collusion in preparing reports for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (Niwa) principal climate scientist James Renwick , sacked Niwa scientist Jim Salinger and commentator Gareth Renowden say the timing of the attacks is no coincidence.
The Climate Conversation Group (CCG) and the Climate Science Coalition have released their own analysis showing that unadjusted temperature readings from seven weather stations with 100-year-plus records – Auckland, Masterton, Wellington, Hokitika, Nelson, Lincoln and Dunedin – were stable and did not create the warming trend that Niwa's adjusted figures did.
CCG convener Richard Treadgold claimed the results were "shocking".
Niwa's adjustment of early temperatures down by up to 1.3 degrees Celsius had introduced a "false warming", allowing the graph to climb to the present day.
"It's a disgrace," Treadgold said.
Renwick, Salinger and Niwa chief climate scientist David Wratt hit back at the claims of manipulation.
Wratt said Niwa climate scientists had previously explained to members of the coalition why such corrections had to be made. He was disappointed they continued to ignore that and present misleading analyses.
Salinger said adjustments were made for legitimate reasons, such as changes of site.
"I haven't seen this work but it will be b......., because I have worked on this for many years.
"When I was doing my PhD, looking at the record up to 1975, there were at least 50 to 60 climate stations started in the 1930s that, before we did anything, 90 per cent of them showed warming."
Renwick said there were several reasons for adjusting the temperature record, including introducing new thermometers or sensors to a weather site, and changes to its exposure caused by growing vegetation or urbanisation.
For example, the Wellington figures had to be adjusted down when the official weather site moved from the Thorndon waterfront to Kelburn.
"That's a move up of about 120 metres – that is the equivalent of a degree of cooling."
The claims were "more of the same" with Copenhagen only 10 days away.
"This implies that people such as myself have some agenda and we're deliberately trying to do something funny and we are going to profit from it. I'd actually just like to get on with my work."
Renowden, of blog site Hot Topic, said the timing was deliberate.
"I have no doubt that all of this is part of a concerted campaign to discredit climate science and prevent action on reducing emissions.
"I don't believe New Zealand's climate sceptics are necessarily part of an American PR campaign, but I do think they play along with it."
The temperature analysis had "zero credibility", he said.
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for Couplesby A verified traveler
Good value for your moneyPosted Sep 3, 2012 on Hotels
Everything in this place was better than we expected. Nice surprise !
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beautiful AccomodationsPosted Sep 2, 2012 on Hotels
Our room was bright, spacious, nice decorated and above all, clean. The staff was friendly and the hotel was conveniently located 2 minutes drive to either Killarney Nat'l Park/ Ring of Kerry and downtown area. We would definitely stay here again.
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moyenPosted Aug 30, 2012
hotel vetuste et ensemble peu attractif, hormis le prix pour la région
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excellent value for moneyPosted Aug 21, 2012
Pros: cooked breakfast included in price. very helpful staff
Cons: cheap sausages for breakfast
Location: excellent location. 5 mins walk to the Gleneagles centre & 15 mins walk to shops
I was very impressed with the cleanliness of the hotel & the helpfulness of the staff. Very good value for money & would definatly stay there again
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Buena opción de alojamiento en KillarneyPosted Aug 12, 2012 on Hotels
B&B cómodo y con buen servicio. Limpio, habitación espaciosa y a 10 minutos andando del centro del pueblo. Bien situado en la carretera que lleva al parque y Muckross House. Con parking. Buen desayuno "Full Irish Breakfast". Recomendado.
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Habe mich hier sehr wohl gefühlt!Posted Jul 28, 2012 on Hotels
Das Hotel war in seiner Lage etwas ausserhalb des Städtchens nicht ganz leicht zu finden, der Weg vom Zentrum für Fussgänger etwas weit (ca. 15 Min.). Die Umgebung (viele weitere Hotels und B&B's, Pub und Restaurants) war aber für mich durchaus angenehm. Zimmer und Hotel waren tadellos gepflegt und mit allem wünschenswerten Komfort gut ausgestattet, das Personal ausnehmend freundlich, zuvorkommend! Ein besonderer, seltener Luxus auf meiner Irlandreise war für mich das Angebot eines Raucher-Zimmers, das über einen Balkon verfügte, auf dem ich rauchen konnte, ohne das Hotel verlassen zu müssen. Service und Infrastruktur im Hotel waren hervorragend, das junge Team hat mich durch seine Kompetenz, Sorgfalt und Identifikation mit dem Gast-Betrieb nicht nur überzeugt, sondern regelrecht gerührt. Das Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis war für mich verblüffend gut - wie können sie einen solchen Standard mit so kleinen Einnahmen verwirklichen ?! Der einzige Schwachpunkt waren die dünnen Wände: wurde mehrmals von Spätheimkehrern in den Nebenzimmern aufgeweckt und konnte jedes Wort verstehen, das dort gesprochen wurde (die Zimmertüren konnten übrigens nicht anders als mit einem lauten Knall geschlossen werden - das wäre technisch sicher leicht zu beheben...) Im Ganzen habe ich mich hier ausnehmend wohl gefühlt. Danke!
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Great stay at a great hotelPosted Jul 22, 2012
Pros: The room was very large and suite-like.
Cons: The hotel could stand to have routine maintenance performed.
Location: The hotel is maybe 1 km from town on the right side of a road that will lead you to Killarney's best attractions.
We truly enjoyed this hotel. During our 10 day stay in Ireland, this was my wife's favorite room. After a slightly lengthy walk from the bus station (if you're not in shape, take a taxi), we arrived at the Harmony Inn, which is located on a street with many B&Bs. The large sign made the place very easy to locate from a distance. While they fancy themselves a B&B, this was much more of a hotel experience. The room had several amenities that aren't usually found in a traditional B&B, like electronic key entry to rooms. The young lady who greeted us was very kind and provided us with a city map and ideas of what to see while in town. However, another staffer later seemed to have no idea where anything in town was. Obviously, she was a transplant and didn't know the area at all. During breakfast (included with our room), the staff was very pleasant and dutiful. Our room was amazing. It seemed more of a suite than a typical room. We had a large bed, a sitting area with 4 chairs and a television, and the bathroom was very large, with a tub and a shower. The bed itself was nice and firm. The only problem that I saw with the hotel was that it needs some routine maintenance. A lot of the paint was peeling, some of the walls had rather sizable cracks, and the carpet could stand to be replaced. Obviously, this was a different hotel before Harmony Inn took over and maybe they will be making these fixes in the future.
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Was on a main-ish street, but a bit run down. Got there late and found noone at the reception. Waited good 20 min before a night porter appeared (said to work another hotel) that checked us in. Ok room, not very new but nice bathroom with full shower. Wi-fi was patchy but was fixed by staff by morning. Did not have breakfast. Overall nice stay for people passing through, but nothing very extraordinary.
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The invention relates to a process for the production of multi-layer security products and to a security product produced in accordance with the process. The process is distinguished by the fact that the various layers of the security product are produced substantially separately from one another as rolled materials and are provided with security features, and the individual rolled webs are led together and joined to one another in a common processing process. The security products produced in this way are laser-active and can therefore be personalized by means of a laser.
1. A multi-layer security product, comprising
a printable carrier material (1) firmly joined to at least one plastic coating which is extruded onto the carrier material and which contains laser-active pigments; and
at least one covering film (17, 18), laminated onto the carrier material.
2. The multi-layer security product of
3. The multi-layer security product of
4. The multi-layer security product of
5. The multi-layer security product of
6. The multi-layer security product of
7. The multi-layer security product of
8. A process for the production of multi-layer security products said process comprising the steps of:
providing a printable carrier material as a rolled material; a
extruding at least one plastic coating which contains laser-active pigments onto the carrier material; and
subsequently leading together highly accurately the carrier material with the plastic coating and (b) the covering film (17, 18).
9. The process of
10. The process of
11. The process of
12. The process of
13. The process of
14. The process of
15. The process of
16. The process of claims 8, wherein security features are produced in the plastic coating and/or the covering film by activating the laser-active pigments with laser radiation of specific wavelength matched to the laser-active pigment used.
17. The process of
18. The process of
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The invention relates to a continuous process for the production of multi-layer security products, and to a security product itself produced in accordance with the process.
[0003] 2. Description of Related Art Including Information Disclosed Under 37 CFR 1.97 and 1.98
[0004] Security products include identification and security documents, such as personal identity cards, passports or drivers' licenses, bank cards and so on. It is also possible for any desired security documents and documents of value to be produced by the process according to the invention. Such security products have a large number of security features, such as iris printing and guilloches, security inks, mottled fibers, planchettes, security threads and holographic elements. In this case, these security features are applied in and/or onto a carrier material, such as paper or plastic. In addition, individual data, for example relating to the owner of the security product, can be provided in/entered on this carrier material.
[0005] The different layers of a security card made of plastic perform different tasks. Specific layers in the interior of the card serve as a carrier of printed information (protective guilloche underprinting, key texts and so on) and are, for example, designed to be opaque. Further layers can, for example, be doped with materials which permit the plastic material to be personalized by means of a laser (CO2, Nd:YAG). Further layers can be added to these, which can bear additional printing features (security printing, UV-reactive printing and so on). A particularly durable, transparent plastic can be used as the lowest and topmost layer in order to protect the card.
[0006] The production of such security cards is very complicated and costly. First of all, the raw plastic material, produced and supplied in roll form (various plastics, mainly polycarbonates with specific properties) has to be divided up into sheets. The individual sheet is a carrier for a fixed number of blanks. Specific sheets have to be printed in accordance with their intended use (carrier of the protective printing, carrier of further security features). Then, the individual sheets must be guided over one another in exact register and fixed. The sheet layers put together in this way are joined/fused to one another in a laminating press, which has to be heated in a complicated manner and also cooled down again.
[0007] The card layer construction is concluded in this way. By means of a subsequent stamping operation, the individual card blanks are obtained, which are then available as finished card bodies for the subsequent process of personalization.
[0008] Because of the process, the output rate when laminating with presses of this type is relatively low. In addition, it is a drawback in the process from the prior art outlined above that, during the production of multi-layer security documents which are personalized by means of laser technology, there is a very high outlay on production.
[0009] In addition, in the case of such sheet materials, it is also relatively difficult to bring the various layers over one another and to join them to one another with accurate register.
[0010] In this regard, the prior art reveals EP-A-0 628 408, which describes a process for the production of security paper. In this case, first of all the substrate is printed with security features and then the substrate is laminated between two paper layers. The substrate layer therefore contains security features which are unalterably permanently introduced and which have been set up for a quite specific product line. Subsequent changes with respect to the features introduced are not possible, nor are they envisaged.
[0011] EP-A-0 453 131 likewise shows a process for the production of security paper with integrated authentification features. This process also uses a lamination process for production. The same criticism applies here as in the case of EP-A-0 628 408.
[0012] WO-A-98/56596 discloses a security document, for example in the form of a banknote, which is likewise produced from a coated material and has further transparent plastic layers. The magnetic watermark discussed in the document already points to the fact that unalterable security features are concerned, since watermarks of this type are always identical. The criticism quoted above therefore also applies to this document.
[0013] The invention is based on the object of proposing a multi-layer security product which has layers lying one above another in accurate register, which can each be equipped with security features, it being possible for security features to be introduced or applied during its production or else subsequently.
[0014] In order to achieve the object set, the invention is a multi-layered security product and a method for making the same, comprising a printable carrier material firmly joined to a plastic coating which is extruded onto the carrier material and which contains laser-active pigments and or covering film laminated onto the carrier material.
[0015] It is a significant feature of the invention that the security product is now no longer produced as a sheet material, but that the various layers of the security product are produced substantially separately from one another as rolled materials and that then in a common processing process, the various rolled webs are led together and laminated together.
[0016] In a first process step, the carrier material, which, for example, is a printable plastic material or paper, is drawn off a roll and fed to a first printing unit. In this case, it can be printed on one side or on both sides. It is then led through an extrusion-coating plant, where a single-sided or two-sided plastic coating is applied and is finally firmly joined to the printed carrier web by means of pressing and cooling rolls joined downstream. The coating applied in this way can consist on one or both sides of a laser-active plastic material which permits subsequent personalization with an Nd:YAG laser or other lasers.
[0017] The material coated in this way can then be fed to a further printing unit, in order then in turn to be wound up onto a roll.
[0018] After this first process step, the first coating of the carrier material, in a second process step, this coated carrier material, as rolled material, is subjected to a relatively complicated continuous printing process where a series of security features are applied.
[0019] After printing on one or both sides of this coated carrier material, the latter is in turn wound up onto a roll and moved into the next processing station.
[0020] In the third process step, the printed and coated carrier material drawn off the roll is then laminated on both sides with appropriate covering films or composite covering films.
[0021] In this case, the invention can provide for the covering films or composite covering films used for the lamination already to be provided previously with appropriate security features, that is to say the covering films or composite covering films can per se be printed or set to be laser-active.
[0022] The important factor is that, in a highly accurate lamination process, the rolled material of the printed and coated web of the carrier material is brought together with the web of covering film or composite covering film, which may be capable of laser treatment and partly also printed, and in this way a multi-layer, web-like element is produced.
[0023] This element, which is still present in web form, then has all the required features of the security document, that is to say the various layers have been joined one above another in accurate register.
[0024] Following the accurately registered lamination of these layers, the security product, still present as an endless material, is substantially finished. It is then stamped out to form individual blanks and can subsequently be subjected to still further processing steps for the introduction of security features. For example, surface embossing may be carried out and/or lasering into the element can be carried out, that is to say one or more security features can be lasered on any desired plane in the layer-like element.
[0025] In this case, the lasering is preferably carried out on the cards already stamped out and embossed. However, provision can also be made to carry out the lasering on the moving web, that is to say before the stamping operation.
[0026] The cards produced in this way are then stacked up.
[0027] The important factor in the case of the invention is that the card element to be produced comprises a multi-layer construction, and the carrier materials used and the other functional layers are used and processed as rolled material and, as a result, a continuous process is possible.
[0028] According to the invention, the individual card elements are produced as follows:
[0029] A carrier material (for example a security paper or a plastic or a combination of paper and plastic) in rolled form is suspended in the unwinder of an extrusion coating plant, provided with plastic on one side and/or two sides and wound up again. It is also possible to apply a plurality of thin plastic layers one after another. The individual plastic layers can have different properties (doped, layers sensitive to laser light, integrated security features/security materials and so on). In addition, it is possible to integrate a printing operation before and after the extrusion of the individual plastic layers. The carrier material processed in the way has, in this state, all the properties necessary for laser personalization. This carrier material can be provided with high-quality security printing (motifs, key texts, unprinted areas for example for the subsequent introduction of the photograph, and so on) in web-fed printing machines (rotary security presses).
[0030] The carrier material is divided up on the image side, by the printing procedure, into the subsequent individual blanks. After the printing procedure, the individual card blanks can be stamped out in a continuous process and, if desired, then provided with a protective laminate on both sides. The protective laminate can also be equipped as a multi-layer composite with integrated security features and doping suitable for laser inscription (laser engraving).
[0031] The production process described above, and the production of security products is possible since, in the processing stages, plastics and plastic combinations matched to the technology applied are used and, at the same time, permit simple processing in standardized processes (extrusion of plastics, equipping these plastics with materials [doping] which ensures inscription by means of a laser beam).
[0032] The plastics used for the card element are, for example, easily processed polyethylenes, polypropylenes, polyamide and so on and also PVC. For the external protection, foil composites made of polyethylene and polyester, for example, can be used, it being possible for these to be laminated on simply. The fact that each of these individual layers contains doping which is sensitive to specific laser wavelengths means that the personalization of the cards by means of laser technology is very reliable.
[0033] The blackening (imaging) is present via the thickness of the doped layer or layers of the document. In addition, it is possible to set the doping of the layers in such a way that these react to different laser wavelengths. For example, it is possible for there to be layers which react to an Nd:Yag laser and layers which, for example, react to a CO2 laser. Colored embodiments of lasered data (image and text data) are also possible in this way.
[0034] The inventive subject of the present invention results not only from the subject of the individual patent claims but also from the combination of the individual patent claims with one another. All the statements and features disclosed in the documents, including the abstract, in particular the physical design represented in the drawings, are claimed as essential to the invention, to the extent that, individually or in combination, they are novel as compared with the prior art.
[0035] In the following text, the invention will be explained in more detail using drawings, which illustrate only one implementation route. In this case, further significant features and advantages of the invention emerge from the drawings and their description.
[0036]FIG. 1 shows, in schematic form, a first process step for the production of a coated carrier material;
[0037]FIG. 2 shows the further processing of the carrier material which has been produced in accordance with FIG. 1;
[0038]FIG. 3 shows the final processing of the carrier material from the rolled material to the card material;
[0039]FIG. 4 shows an illustration of the production of composite covering film as an intermediate step.
[0040] In FIG. 1, a carrier material 1 is represented in general terms and preferably consists of a plastic material but which, however, can also consist of paper. This carrier material 1 is wound up onto a roll 2, which is drawn off in the direction of arrow 3. In this case, provision is then made in a first process step for one or both sides of the carrier material to be printed by a printing unit 4.
[0041] The carrier material printed on one or both sides is then fed to an extrusion coating plant 5, where a first plastic coating is applied in the form of an applied web 6 to the upper side and/or underside of the carrier material 1.
[0042] The carrier material 1, which has been coated in this way with a layer which is transparent, at least in a subarea, is then led through pressing roll 7 and through cooling roll (temperature-control roll) 8 in order to join the applied layer (plastic film) permanently to the carrier material. Here, provision can be made for the cooling roll to introduce embossing into the material of the applied web 6 as well.
[0043] The carrier material 9 coded in this way is then fed to the printing units 10 and 11, it being possible both for the upper side and for the underside to be printed. The coated carrier material 9 produced in this way is then wound up on the roll 12.
[0044] In the next process step according to FIG. 2, the roll 12 is again unwound in the direction of arrow 3, and the coated carrier material 9 is fed to a multiple printing unit 13, where a series of security features, such as guilloches, UV security features and the like, can be printed on. The coated and printed carrier material 14 produced in this way is then again wound up in the form of a roll 15.
[0045]FIG. 3 shows the third process step, in which the carrier material 14 is drawn off the roll 15 again and fed firstly to a device 16 for the introduction of further security features. This device 16 can contain a laser, for example, which carries out appropriate blackening (marking) in the layers of the coated and printed carrier material 14 which are already present. It is likewise possible for engraving or perforation to be carried out.
[0046] This is then followed by the application of an adhesion promoter 19, the stamping out of the individual blanks with the punch 26.1 and the lamination to an upper and lower covering film or composite covering film 17, 18. The carrier material 14 which has been coated, printed and stamped out as individual blanks is in this case enclosed by the laminate film from above and below and is permanently firmly joined to one another.
[0047] Before being stamped out, the laminated carrier material can be fed to an embossing station 25, where the surface of the covering laminate is embossed.
[0048] The security documents are therefore finished as an endless, laminated carrier material 24. They are then fed to a punch 26.2 and stamped out blank by blank as card-like documents.
[0049] The edges are then fed to a laser station 27, where further features can be burned in, the burning-in action not being restricted to the surface but it being possible for any desired layer in the multi-layer, laminated carrier material 24 to be reached by the laser. The cards produced in this way are then put into a magazine at the position 28.
[0050] The production of the composite covering films 17, 18 for the upper and lower covering laminates will be explained by using FIG. 4.
[0051] In this case, the first film web is unwound from the roll 20, fed to a printing unit 21 in the direction of the arrow and printed there with security colors on one or both sides. Then, in position 22, a lamination adhesive is applied to this film and the second film web from roll 23 is laminated on.
[0052] The advantage of the aforementioned measures is that the cards produced in this way have an extraordinarily high register accuracy, that they result in a good adhesive composite, since they have been laminated continuously as rolled materials, so that, during the lamination process, no problems arise in the edge regions, and so that they can be produced quickly and efficiently.
[0053] In particular, in the case of the process according to the invention, there is the advantage that it is a production process for documents which is as far as possible continuous. The individual materials used are used and processed as rolled materials, and therefore the continuous process as far as the separation of the blanks at the end of the process is ensured. The security product can therefore be built up efficiently from a plurality of individual layers with a safety function. The carrier material 1 used can be a paper web or a paper/plastic web, which can be produced particularly cost-effectively and, together with the composite covering films 17, 18, can be produced continuously and with accurate register to form a multi-layer composite.
[0054] As a result of the use of paper or paper/plastic composites, the use of subsequent security features, such as watermarks, planchettes, fluorescent visible and invisible fibers, is possible. This means that, for the first time, the possibility is offered of laminating paper-like carrier material with plastic covering films in accurate register in a particularly simple but highly accurate manner, by which means the advantages mentioned previously are achieved. In this case, the individual plastic layers can be set to be laser-active.
[0055] The cards produced in this way can then be personalized by using conventional laser systems, which was not possible hitherto. Here, personalization is understood to mean the introduction of personal features of the bearer into the finished document, specifically, for example, the introduction of the photograph, the introduction of the name, of the signature and of the ICAO lines.
[0056] While the preferred and alternate embodiments of the invention has been depicted in detail, modifications and adaptations may be made thereto, without departing from the spirit and scope of the claims as delineated in the following claims:
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Rusty Simmons of the San Francisco Chronicle reports that Anthony Randolph's injured left ankle has been put in a protective boot for an additional 30 days. This puts Randolph well behind schedule for his recovery, and likely means he'll miss the rest of the season.
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1. SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURES (MODULE VIEWS AND STYLES) INAM SOOMROGENERALIZATION STYLE The concept of generalization arises when a relationship between a set of similar entities conceptualizing the common properties and attributes from other entities are used. It emphasizes on "IS- A" relationship between the entities. The "IS- A" relationship is a powerful mechanism that helps to reduce the complexity of models and redundancy in specifications and allows reuse of software components. The generalization style is an abstraction principle which software architects use for the development and extension of the architecture and individual components. The components capture the commonalities and variations in the generalization style. When the module has generalization relationship, the type is more general or parent type and all the extending types are its subtypes or children and are considered to be the specialization of the parent type. A parent module contains all the commonalities while the children manifest the variations. Changes made to the parent will reflect automatically to all the children that inherit from it. Architecture defines sharing and reusing on interface, not on implementation. - ELEMENTS , RELATIONS AND PROPERTIES Module: Generally an abstract and independent unit that can be used to construct more complex units. Abstract Modules may provide a little implementation but the child that extends abstract module must provide the implementation of the parent module or they should be abstract as well. Children and parents are often referred to as derived and base modules or descendent and ancestor, respectively. A module cannot be a descendent or ancestor to itself. Relations: The relation between the modules is "generalization" which is specialization of "IS- A" relation. The relation can be specified as class inheritance, interface inheritance, or interface realization. Constraints: In generalizing the modules, one module can have more than one parent, means it support the idea of multiple inheritances but it is considered to be an evil design decision and can lead to the ambiguity of deadly diamond of death. A child module cannot be a generalization of its parent. Generalization in software architectures is used for: - Object Oriented Design - Local Change and Variation - Extension - Reuse NOTATION FOR THE GENERALIZATION STYLE - UML: In UML modules are typically shown as classes or interfaces. Class and interface inheritance is represented as a solid line with a closed hollow arrowhead. For example,
Shape is a more general type, Circle or polygon or any other shape that satisfy the shape criteria can be inherited from the shape where arrow points towards the more general type. Interface realization is also a kind of generalization and in UML it is represented as a dashed line with a closed hollow arrowhead pointing towards the interface it realizes, it can also be expressed with a lollipop interface connected towards the module that implements it. - SEI Architecture Expert(ArchE) is a tool and method for architects to define the architectural design of the system from new requirements and already existing piece of components. It is an approach to defining software architectures by constructing the design process on the architecture's quality attribute requirements. It follows a recursive decomposition process where, at each stage in the decomposition, tactics and architectural patterns are chosen to satisfy a set of quality attribute scenarios.LAYERED STYLE Layer is an architectural design pattern that helps to construct software applications so thatthey can be decomposed into subgroups so that each subgroup is at a particular level of abstraction.In this case subgroups are also layers where each layer provides a cohesive set of services. One layeris linked to other layer with the constraint of "allowed to use" in unidirectional top to down way.Layered architectures provide modifiability and portability.Layers have been a source of ambiguity because the architects allow the lower layers tocommunicate with layers in upward direction while the usage usually flows in downward direction.Systems with the upward direction are not strictly according to the definition, layered. The relationin layers is "allowed to use". For example, layer A and B are said to be in a relation "allowed to use"when implementation of layer A is allowed to use the services provided by layer B. Software architectmust provide the description of the exceptions in the layering style, if any, to the usage rules impliedby the geometry. Layering style has evolved from time to time and contains different styles that willbe discussed below.ELEMENTS, RELATION AND P ROPERTIES Layers: A cohesive collection of modules. A module can be a web service, a routine in assemblylanguage. A module needs to provide an interface from where the services can be invoked.Elements: The modules that a layer contains are said to be the elements of a layer. Architects aresupposed to provide the description and guideline of the contents and implementation of layers.Relation: The relation is "allowed to use" where a layer can use the other layer in downwardunidirectional style.Constraints: Allowed to use must satisfy the layering definition criteria and there are supposed tobe at least two or more layers, it must not contain any loopholes or backward flows.What Is It forLayers are a principal way of information hiding, a change to a lower layer, can be hidden behind itsinterface and cannot impact the upper layer. Layering approach has been successfully used to
support portability, scalability and modifiability, it promote reuse and addresses separation ofconcern. Layers may also define the task assignment within the development teams, for example, themodules with presentation, business logic and model layers can be assigned to frontend developersand backend developers respectively. Organizing the modules into layers with interfaces is animportant tool for managing complexity and communicating the structure to developers.NOTATION FOR THE LAYERED STYLE - Stack: An orderly pile of boxes that is denoted by geometric adjacency with allowed to use relationship that can only be read unidirectional from top to down. A connection between the stacks of layers can also be shown symbolically with arrow. - Segmented Layers: Division of sections inside layers that signify fine-grained aggregation between modules. It uses the allowed to use relationship with preexistent modules (imported modules). Architects must specify the description of rules between the segments. Top layer Segments are not allowed to use each other but the segments in bottom layers can. - Rings: Layers are represented as a set of concentric circles where the innermost circle resembles a lower layer and the outmost layer resembles the top level layer. Ring layers can be segmented inside the circle but the only difference from the segmented layers is, they are not permitted to practice "allow to use" relation within the layer. - Layers with a Sidecar: A layered diagram like stack layered diagram with an exception of module or layer attached to the side of the diagram. These types of diagram can be read in two ways. Let A, B, and C be a stacked layered diagram with D layer attached to it as a sidecar, (i) it may mean that a layers A, B, C are allowed to use the D(sidecar) layer, or (ii) D can use the layers A, B, and C. Or they can mean both, which is not a good layered architectural design, architects must specify the rules for such kind of design, and ambiguity and it must be resolved with annotations. In some cases, layered architecture can be represented three dimensionally that can be accessible to all other layers. These kinds of design often represent utility libraries or special platform services like operating system. - UML: UML do not have the syntactic elements for layering architecture but they can be expressed by stereotyped package notation with stereotyped allow to use relation to show the dependency between the layers. Dependencies are not transitive.ASPECTS STYLEAn architectural style used to isolate the modules that are responsible for crosscutting concerns.Aspects are modular units that complement objects to modularize the cross cutting concerns. Crosscutting concerns are aspects or logical parts of a program that crosscut other concerns or modules.Cross cutting concerns often cannot be clearly decomposed and usually result in code duplicationand dependencies between different modules, resulting in loss of modularity. During softwaredevelopment, the business logic ends up mingled with code that deals with crosscutting concerns.The implementation of a concern is duplicated if its code is spread out over multiple modules. The
implementation of a concern is dependent if its code is intermixed with code that implements otherconcerns. The module in which duplication occurs is not cohesive. For example, in a bankingManagement System, the modules can be Account, Customer and Bank Employee, the accountmodule will contain the code to deal with account's business logic related to open/close account,deposit, transfer and withdraw money, but practically we need to handle crosscutting concerns suchas security, transaction management, and logging. Logging exemplifies a crosscutting concernbecause logging affects every logged part of the system. Logging in that way crosscuts all loggedclasses and methods. The purpose of Aspect-Oriented design is to provide a systematic means to modularize componentsby allowing separation of crosscutting concerns. The modules are called aspects. The aspects viewcontains the information to wire each aspect module to other modules. The goal of applying aspectsstyle is to allow separation of cross cutting concerns to improve the modifiability of modules thatdeals with business domain functionality. Thus logging, security and transaction managementconcerns can be easily implemented without cluttering the business logic code with details of thecrosscutting concerns.ELEMENTS, RELATION AND PROPERTIESElements: Aspect modules are the elements of Aspects Style which is a special type of moduleintroduced in Aspect Oriented Programming.Relation: The relation in Aspect Oriented Paradigm is considerably is crosscuts. An aspect crosscutsa module if it contains crosscutting functionality.Properties: Pointcut, point of execution in the application at which cross-cutting concern needs tobe applied. Pointcuts are used primarily by advice (additional code that we want to apply to ourexisting model).What Is It forAspects style is used to address the implementation of crosscutting concerns; it promotes modularityand achieves modularity by allowing separation of concerns. It avoids tangling and scattering of codebetween the modules.NOTATIONS FOR ASPECTS STYLEUML: UML does not have any syntactical elements to represent aspects, but aspects types aresymbolized in UML as classes with stereotypes because aspects are similar to classes and they maycontain attribute, operations and inheritance hierarchy. Crosscut relation can also be represented asa stereotyped dependency to the modules it crosscut. Drawing a line for crosscut is impractical andwould clutter the diagrams, instead of drawing a line from each aspect to every module it crosscutssimply add comment box that characterizes what other modules will be crosscut.
References Documenting Software Architectures: Views and Beyond By: Paul Clements; Felix Bachmann; Len Bass; David Garlan; James Ivers; Reed Little; Robert Nord; Judith Stafford


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