Foundation group the common functionalities that support the business of any social network, as described below:
Application Program Interfaces that aim another developers to interact with the platform, converting the social network in a platform providing value to a broader ecosystem.
As showing in the seccion Foundation - Motivation mapping, in this case the focus of the defined architecture will be on the basic features to ensure the expositions of backend APIs to the channels in a secure and controlled way.
Widgets to create custom pages or application using the information of the platform (e.g. merchant commerce).
As showing in the seccion Foundation - Motivation mapping, in this case the focus of the defined architecture will be on the basic features to ensure the ability to easily develop front end solutions, mainly the storefronts.
Analytics capabilities, including
- Engagement
- Scoring
- Recommendations
- Trends
As showing in the seccion Foundation - Motivation mapping, in this case the focus of the defined architecture will be on the features of analytics and archiving of the transactional data.
Notification of the activity in the platform to a user, per instance via mobile or browser.
As showing in the seccion Foundation - Motivation mapping, in this case the focus of the defined architecture will be on the features of notifications through email, web or mobile to the end users.
Authentication and authorization capabilities. Including the ability to validate the user credentials with a third party (e.g. oauth identity provider)
As showing in the seccion Foundation - Motivation mapping, in this case the focus of the defined architecture will be on the features of authentication and authorization of the end users.
Content management
As showing in the seccion Foundation - Motivation mapping, in this case the focus of the defined architecture will be on the features of content management, mainly for front ends and storefronts.
Privacy and security management, including GDPR
As showing in the seccion Foundation - Motivation mapping, in this case the focus of the defined architecture will be on the basic features to ensure the compliance with GDPR.
The figure 8.5.1 shows how the foundation business function support the functional requirements and how they are influenced by the architecture characteristics and constraints.
As we can see in the previous diagram, all the busines functions will participate in some way covering the Hey Blue architecture.
The figure below (figure 8.5.2) shows how the components of the conceptual architecture (more info in Application Components Collaboration Views) realize the Reference Architecture.
