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LayeredArchitecture

In defense of layered architectures by Harald Mueller on the Refactoring yahoogroup.

The problem with globals by John Carter on the Refactoring yahoogroup.

Database Styles by Martin Fowler, discussing the difference between an Application Database and an Integration Database.

The Field of Software Architecture PDF by Christoph Hofmann, Eckart Horn, Wolfgang Keller, Klaus Renzel, Monika Schmidt