We invite you to join Via Nova Architecture by submitting a contribution to our e-magazine.

The scope of Via Nova Architectura is “digital” architecture in the broadest sense of the word: business architecture, solution architecture, software architecture, infrastructure architecture or any other architecture an enterprise may develop to realize its business strategy. Also, the e-magazine wants to be a platform for practitioners and researchers alike.

We are looking for contributions in the following categories:

• Position papers: Short description (1 page) of specific view on the architecture field with accompanying motivation.
• Case studies: Discussion of practical architectures, and potentially some lessons learned in this case.
• Reflection: Practical reflection on architectural methods, techniques, tools, and technologies. These contributions typically provide a discussion of insights from a practitioner’s perspective, without necessarily using scientific methods to arrive at these results. These contributions will typically also cover/apply to multiple cases rather than just a single case study (which would fall in the previous case).
• Research: Scientific reflection on architectural practice. These contributions typically aim to offer insights from a theoretical perspective. However, a clear connection to architectural practice is required. In arriving at the presented results, the authors should use sound scientific methods.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

• Architecture processes;
• Architecture and IT governance;
• Service-oriented architecture;
• Techniques for analysis and evaluation of architecture;
• Enterprise modeling;
• Viewpoints in architecture;
• Tool support for architects;
• Strategies for agile architecture;
• The value of architecture.
  

Next to articles on these topics, we invite authors to submit other relevant content, such as book reviews, opinion pieces, architecture models, and (open source) architecture tools.

Articles should be 4 to 20 pages long (position paper is 1 page) and include the author's name, affiliation and contact details, and be submitted as MS Word or PDF file. Upon acceptance the author is asked to provide a version that is based upon a standard MS Word template. Other types of contribution may be submitted in other, preferably open, file formats. All contributions can be submitted on this site or sent by e-mail to This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .

All submissions will be peer reviewed for relevance and quality. The author can choose between a superficial and a quality review. Papers that pass the superficial review will be published as submitted. For a paper to pass the quality review the author should revise his/her contribution to reflect the review comments of the editorial board. It will appear in the magazine with a special "reviewed" quality stamp. Authors will be notified of acceptance within three months of submitting their contribution.

The preferred language is English, but papers in Dutch will also be considered. Copyright of the paper remains with the author.