Abstract
Microservices Architectures (MSAs) are continuously replacing monolithic systems toward achieving more flexible and maintainable service-oriented software systems. However, the shift toward an MSA also requires a technological and managerial shift for its adopters. Architecting and managing MSAs represent unique challenges, including microservices´ identification, interoperability, and reuse. To handle these challenges, we propose an Ontology-driven Conceptual Modelling approach, based on the Ontology of Microservices Architecture Concepts (OMSAC), for modelling and analyzing microservices-based systems. We show, how OMSAC-based conceptual models, stocked in a Stardog triple store, support Stakeholder-specific communication, documentation, and reuse. This paper reports on the application of our approach in three open-source MSA systems with a focus on microservices´ discovery based on similarity metrics. Eventually, we compare the extracted similarity metrics derived from the application of machine learning techniques to the OMSAC models with a manual analysis performed by experts.
Dominik Bork
Assistant Prof. Dipl.-Wirtsch.Inf.Univ. Dr.rer.pol.
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