Domain-Driven Design: Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software

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"Domain-Driven Design: Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software" is a seminal software engineering book by Eric Evans that introduces the domain-driven design approach for managing complexity in large, business-focused software systems.

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Label	Occurrences
Domain-Driven Design	6
Domain-Driven Design: Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software canonical	3
Domain Model pattern	1
Domain-Driven Design (DDD) book	1
domain-driven design	1

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Target entity: Domain-Driven Design: Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software
Context triple: [Addison-Wesley, hasPublished, Domain-Driven Design: Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software]

A. International Conference on Software Engineering
The International Conference on Software Engineering is a premier annual academic and industry forum for presenting and discussing cutting-edge research, practices, and innovations in software engineering.
B. IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Distributed Processing
The IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Distributed Processing is a professional body within the IEEE Computer Society that focuses on advancing research, standards, and community activities in distributed computing systems and related technologies.
C. IEEE software engineering standards collection
The IEEE software engineering standards collection is a comprehensive set of internationally recognized guidelines and best practices that define processes, documentation, and quality criteria across the software development lifecycle.
D. Strategic Computing Initiative
The Strategic Computing Initiative was a major 1980s U.S. defense research program aimed at advancing artificial intelligence, machine vision, and high-performance computing for military applications.
E. IEEE Software
IEEE Software is a bimonthly peer-reviewed magazine that focuses on software engineering practice, bridging academic research and industry application for software professionals.
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Target entity: Domain-Driven Design: Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software
Target entity description: "Domain-Driven Design: Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software" is a seminal software engineering book by Eric Evans that introduces the domain-driven design approach for managing complexity in large, business-focused software systems.

A. International Conference on Software Engineering
The International Conference on Software Engineering is a premier annual academic and industry forum for presenting and discussing cutting-edge research, practices, and innovations in software engineering.
B. IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Distributed Processing
The IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Distributed Processing is a professional body within the IEEE Computer Society that focuses on advancing research, standards, and community activities in distributed computing systems and related technologies.
C. IEEE software engineering standards collection
The IEEE software engineering standards collection is a comprehensive set of internationally recognized guidelines and best practices that define processes, documentation, and quality criteria across the software development lifecycle.
D. Strategic Computing Initiative
The Strategic Computing Initiative was a major 1980s U.S. defense research program aimed at advancing artificial intelligence, machine vision, and high-performance computing for military applications.
E. IEEE Software
IEEE Software is a bimonthly peer-reviewed magazine that focuses on software engineering practice, bridging academic research and industry application for software professionals.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	computer science book ⓘ non-fiction book ⓘ software engineering book ⓘ
approach	iterative refinement of models ⓘ model-driven design ⓘ
author	Eric Evans ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
emphasizes	close collaboration between domain experts and developers ⓘ iterative refinement of the domain model ⓘ strategic design ⓘ tactical design ⓘ
focusesOn	alignment of software model with business domain ⓘ business-focused software systems ⓘ managing complexity in large software systems ⓘ
goal	create rich domain models ⓘ improve maintainability of complex business systems ⓘ tackle complexity in the heart of software ⓘ
influenced	microservices architecture thinking ⓘ modern domain-driven design practices ⓘ
introducesConcept	aggregate ⓘ anticorruption layer ⓘ bounded context ⓘ context map ⓘ domain event ⓘ domain model ⓘ entity ⓘ factory ⓘ layered architecture ⓘ repository ⓘ ubiquitous language ⓘ value object ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
partOfSeries	Addison-Wesley Signature Series ⓘ linked to: Addison-Wesley
publicationYear	2003 ⓘ
publisher	Addison-Wesley ⓘ
recognizedAs	classic book in software engineering literature ⓘ seminal work on domain-driven design ⓘ
relatedDiscipline	enterprise software development ⓘ
shortName	DDD (book) ⓘ Domain-Driven Design ⓘ linked to: Domain-Driven Design: Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software
structure	divided into strategic and tactical design parts ⓘ
subject	domain-driven design ⓘ object-oriented design ⓘ software architecture ⓘ software design ⓘ
targetAudience	senior software developers ⓘ software architects ⓘ technical leaders ⓘ

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Addison-Wesley → hasPublished → Domain-Driven Design: Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software ⓘ

Domain-Driven Design: Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software → shortName → Domain-Driven Design ⓘ