Tackling Traceability Challenges through Modeling Principles in Methodologies Underpinned by Metamodels.

Espinoza Limón, Angelina and Garbajosa Sopeña, Juan (2008). Tackling Traceability Challenges through Modeling Principles in Methodologies Underpinned by Metamodels.. In: "3rd IFIP TC2 Central and East European Conference on Software Engineering Techniques CEE-SET 2008", 13/10/2008-15/10/2008, Brno, Republica Checa. ISBN 978-83-7493-421-3.

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Title: Tackling Traceability Challenges through Modeling Principles in Methodologies Underpinned by Metamodels.
Author/s:
  • Espinoza Limón, Angelina
  • Garbajosa Sopeña, Juan
Item Type: Presentation at Congress or Conference (Unspecified)
Event Title: 3rd IFIP TC2 Central and East European Conference on Software Engineering Techniques CEE-SET 2008
Event Dates: 13/10/2008-15/10/2008
Event Location: Brno, Republica Checa
Title of Book: Proceedings of 3rd IFIP TC2 Central and East European Conference on Software Engineering Techniques CEE-SET 2008
Date: 2008
ISBN: 978-83-7493-421-3
Subjects:
Freetext Keywords: Traceability methodology, traceability metamodel, clabject, power-type pattern, metamodeling hierarchy, mechanisms for extension of traceability metamodels, metamodel extensibility
Faculty: E.U. de Informática (UPM)
Department: Organización y Estructura de la Información [hasta 2014]
Creative Commons Licenses: Recognition - No derivative works - Non commercial

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Abstract

Traceability is recognized to be essential for supporting software development. However, a number of traceability issues are still open, such as link semantics formalization or traceability process models. Traceability methodologies underpinned by metamodels are a promising approach. However current metamodels still have serious limitations. Concerning methodologies in general, three hierarchical layered levels have been identified: metamodel, methodology and project. Metamodels do not often properly support this architecture, and that results in semantic problems at the time of specifying the methodology. Another reason is that they provide extensive predefined sets of types for describing project attributes, while these project attributes are domain specific and, sometimes, even project specific. This paper introduces two complementary modeling principles to overcome these limitations, i.e. the metamodeling three layer hierarchy, and power-type patterns modeling principles. Mechanisms to extend and refine traceability models are inherent to them. The paper shows that, when methodologies are developed from metamodels based on these two principles, the result is a methodology well fitted to project features. Links semantics is also improved.

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Item ID: 4759
DC Identifier: https://oa.upm.es/4759/
OAI Identifier: oai:oa.upm.es:4759
Official URL: http://cee-set.put.poznan.pl/2008/?q=node/3
Deposited by: Memoria Investigacion
Deposited on: 03 Nov 2010 11:24
Last Modified: 20 Apr 2016 13:51
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