Tom Mens, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
Galal Hassan Galal, University of North London, United Kingdom

ABSTRACT. The aim of the fourth workshop on Object-Oriented Architectural Evolution was to discuss into more detail a number of important issues raised during the previous workshop: the relationship between domain analysis and software architecture, the importance of architectural views and layering techniques, and the applicability of existing object-oriented principles and evolution techniques. This paper summarises the results of the debates held about these issues, reports on convergences of view taken place during the workshop, and suggests some research topics that are worthwhile to pursue in the future.

KEY WORDS. software evolution, software architecture, domain analysis