A Context-Driven Software Comprehension Process Model

Author

Meng, Wen Jun ; Rilling, Juergen ; Zhang, Yonggang ; Witte, René ; Mudur, Sudhir ; Charland, Philippe

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Software Eng., Concordia Univ., Montreal, Que.

fYear

2006

fDate

24-24 Sept. 2006

Firstpage

50

Lastpage

57

Abstract

Comprehension is an essential part of software evolution. Only software that is well understood can evolve in a controlled manner. In this paper, we present a formal process model to support the comprehension of software systems by using ontology and description logic. This formal representation supports the use of reasoning services across different knowledge resources and therefore, enables us to provide users with guidance during the comprehension process that is context sensitive to their particular comprehension task. As part of the process model, we also adopt a new interactive story metaphor, to represent the interactions between users and the comprehension process

Keywords

formal logic; ontologies (artificial intelligence); software architecture; software prototyping; context-driven software comprehension process model; description logic; interactive story metaphor; ontology; reasoning services; software evolution; software systems; Computer science; Context modeling; Context-aware services; Information resources; Logic; Ontologies; Research and development; Software engineering; Software maintenance; Software systems; Software evolution; ontological reasoning; process modeling; program comprehension; story metaphor;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Software Evolvability, 2006. SE '06. Second International IEEE Workshop on

Conference_Location

Philadelphia, PA

Print_ISBN

0-7695-2698-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SOFTWARE-EVOLVABILITY.2006.1

Filename

4032448