A graph-based approach to the construction of tools for the life cycle integration between software documents

Author

Westfechtel, Bernhard

Author_Institution

Lehrstuhl fuer Inf. III, Tech. Univ. of Aachen, Germany

fYear

1992

fDate

6-10 Jul 1992

Firstpage

2

Lastpage

13

Abstract

In the construction of a software system, software documents (requirements definitions, software architectures, module implementations, etc.) are produced which are written in different languages and describe the system from different points of view. The construction of tools for the integration of such documents is addressed. A formal approach to the semi-automatic construction of incremental integration tools is presented. Passive and active support for interdocument dependencies (consistency analyses and generation/updating of templates for dependent documents, respectively) are provided. For formally specifying incremental integration tools, graph rewriting systems are used. It is shown that certain parts of such a graph rewriting system may be generated from a simple description of language correspondences

Keywords

integrated software; rewriting systems; software engineering; software quality; software tools; active support; consistency analyses; construction of tools; graph rewriting systems; graph-based approach; incremental integration tools; interdocument dependencies; language correspondences; life cycle integration; module implementations; passive support; requirements definitions; software architectures; software documents; Buildings; Documentation; LAN interconnection; Modular construction; Programming; Sections; Software architecture; Software maintenance; Software systems; Software tools;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer-Aided Software Engineering, 1992. Proceedings., Fifth International Workshop on

Conference_Location

Montreal, Que.

Print_ISBN

0-8186-2960-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CASE.1992.200124

Filename

200124