Title :
Change-oriented version descriptions in EPOS
Author :
Gulla, BjØrn ; Karlsson, Even-Andre ; Yeh, Dashing
Author_Institution :
Div. of Comput. Syst. & Telematics, Norwegian Inst. of Technol., Trondheim, Norway
fDate :
11/1/1991 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
In EPOS, software configuration management is based on the change-oriented versioning model. As part of a configured system specification, a version description is used to select the desired versions of different components that constitute the product. Furthermore, version descriptions are used to specify which versions are affected by a certain change. For large software systems comprising many variants, building a consistent configuration meeting specified requirements is not an easy task. The authors propose a set of version description mechanisms and exemplify their use. An abstract description specifying the desired properties and functional requirements is expanded, using validities characterising properties of versions, preferences and defaults
Keywords :
configuration management; expert systems; software tools; EPOS; abstract description; change-oriented versioning model; configured system specification; consistent configuration; functional requirements; large software systems; software configuration management; version description;
Journal_Title :
Software Engineering Journal