Towards process patterns for a component retrieval system integrating the user profile

The current components´ retrieval tools offer few services to facilitate a relevant search of these components. They are intended for experts having already a good knowledge of the components´ catalogs. However, they are still limited for inexperienced users. In this context, the present contribution aims at analysing and comparing some existing retrieval approaches and studying the user profile representation. This study enabled us to incorporate the best practices of this field, to define our user profile and to carry out a process patterns´ system guiding the integration of user profile in the search process.