Querying Software Architecture Knowledge as Linked Open Data

It is difficult for software professionals to find all the architectural knowledge they need from architecture documentation, and this results in wasted time and mistakes in projects. This is the case even when architecture documentation is indexed by an ontology and stored in a semantic wiki. We present a prototype tool called AK-Finder which queries architectural knowledge stored in a semantic wiki as Linked Open Data using a SPARQL endpoint. Our tool retrieves knowledge from the semantic wiki and answers questions for architectural review, design, and development activities. The tool exemplifies how systems used in the software project life-cycle can integrate and improve access to architectural knowledge in a semantic wiki.