| id=:An application environment is partitioned into channels (C)and tiers (T). o Channels are used for partitioning user-groupso Tiers are used for layering the applicationChannels and tiers span an environment into a two-dimensionalspace of domains: D = C x T. t0 t1 ... tn c0 c0-t0 c0-t1 ... c0-tn c1 c1-t0 c1-t1 ... c1-tn c2 c2-t0 c2-t1 ... c2-tn ... ... ... ... ... cn cn-t0 cn-t1 ... cn-tnExample:C = {b2c, b2e}T = {presentation, frontlogic, dataprovider}The set of domains D = C x T is then as follows:D = { b2c-p, b2c-f, b2c-dp, b2e-p, b2e-f, b2e-dp}.To be more general, the domains of an application environment can be defined as follows:D = Union(Ci x Ti).Example:C0 = {c0 = b2c, c1 = b2e}T0 = {presentation, frontlogic}D = {b2c-p, b2c-f, b2e-p, b2e-f} |