Ontology-based software architecture documentation standards

In this paper we present otology based architecture for knowledge management in bulchino web based catalogue for bulgarian cultural heritage. In earlier work, we have developed an ontology that formalizes structural. In proceedings of the 10th international conference on intelligent software methodologies, tools and techniques somet, september 2830, 2011, saintpetersburg, russia. The ontology based enterprise architecture is modeled in three levels as shown in fig. Nov 09, 2017 the agility performance of robotic systems aprs project at the national institute of standards and technology nist is using web ontology language owl onto overview of an ontologybased approach for kit building applications nist. The concepts related to software architecture and their instances are automatically identified and extracted by parsing the. Improving access to software architecture knowledge an ontology. Why protege proteges plugin architecture can be adapted to build both simple and complex ontologybased applications. Ontology based software architecture documentation abstract. Ontology based architecture documentation approac h. The enterprise architecture ontology is composed of ontology for business terms, ontology for enterprise architecture components and ontology for relationships of the components. An ontologybased approach for modelling architectural styles. The ontology and the corresponding mappings to the data sources provide a common ground for the documentation of all the data in the organisation, with obvious ad.

Jan 01, 2012 ontologybased extraction of software architecture rationale to recover rationale information from plaintext documents, trex applies text mining techniques 54 to discover knowledge units embedded in them. An ontologybased knowledge management system for industry. An ontologybased approach to administrative data sources documentation and quality evaluation. Improving access to software architecture knowledge an ontology based search approach adriana maria figueiredo, julio c. Pdf ontology based software design documentation for design. The documentation either explains how the software operates or how to use it, and may mean different things to people in different roles. Ontology based specifications describe the required behavior of a future software system in problem oriented terms, i. Steps of otk methodology and commonkads model suite 3. Software documentation most commonly used in agile projects. With ontology based software engineering, the software engineering terms can be parsed with software engineering ontology concepts and can recall the necessary details and relevant information. As a result, software architecture documentation in practice has remained adhoc. Ontologybased software architecture documentation klaas. Ontology based knowledge management system for industry cluster 5 figure 1.

Product documentation describes the product that is being developed and provides instructions on how to perform various tasks with it. Models are used to reason about the problem doicea ontologybased software engineering aslabicear2006016v 0. In 12, built an ontology for software architecture documentation which is used to retrieve architectural knowledge for the stakeholders 12. Complexities affecting swfmea, in conjunction with those described for the clas. Within institute of electrical and electronics engineers ieee parlance, this is a recommended practice, the least normative of its standards. Development of ontology based framework for information security standards partha saha mis group iim calcutta kolkata, india shree. In this group, we consider ontologybased documentation approaches that implement a basic software ontology and semantic wiki tools, thus to address the limitations of filebased documentation for. Supporting swfmea through an ontologybased methodology. The views are used to describe the system in the viewpoint of different stakeholders, such as endusers, developers and project managers. Keywordssoftware architecture documentation, software ar. A common approach to software architecture documentation in industry projects is the use of file based documents.

This is partly due to high learning curve and efforts demanded in building ontology based semantic web applications. We have evaluated this ontologybased approach in a controlled industry experiment involving software professionals. An ontologybased enterprise architecture sciencedirect. An extensible, ontologybased, distributed information system architecture alan i. In this paper, we describe an ontology application management oam framework that aims to simplify creation and adoption of ontology based application that is based on the semantic web technology. An ontology based cbr architecture for knowledge management. Software documentation types and best practices prototypr.

Toward an ontology architecture for cybersecurity standards 1 102810. Ontology based specifications for software reliability. Ontologybased software architecture documentation abstract. Flexible software architectures for ontologybased information systems michael wessel. A common approach to software architecture documentation in industry projects is the use of filebased documents. Supporting swfmea through an ontologybased methodology 3 triggering conditions activate them 1, 43. This approach offers a singledimensional perspective on the architectural. Ontologybased approach to represent the artefacts of. Requirements pattern software specification ontology. An ontologybased software test generation framework. An ontology based cbr architecture for knowledge management in bulchino catalogue nadezhda govedarova, stanimir stoyanov, ivan popchev abstract.

Ontology driven software development for automated documentation. Ontologybased software architecture documentation ieee xplore. T1 ontologybased software architecture documentation. All software documentation can be divided into two main categories. Toward an ontology architecture for cybersecurity standards. An ontologybased approach to administrative data sources. Ieee 1471 is the short name for a standard formally known as ansiieee 14712000, recommended practice for architecture description of softwareintensive systems. An extensible, ontologybased, distributed information system. Ontology based software architecture documentation.

The ontologybased business architecture engineering framework. Ontologybased software architecture documentation vrije. Ontologybased software architecture documentation ieee. With nist s extensive experience and broad array of expertise both in its laboratories and in successful collaborations with the private sector and other government agencies, nist is actively pursuing the standards and measurement research necessary to achieving the goal of improving healthcare. Overview of an ontologybased approach for kit building.

This approach offers a singledimensional perspective on the architectural knowledge contained. Consider, for example, the application of ontologies in the field of health care. These knowledge units and their semantics are assembled to recompose the argument for systemas construction based on trex. Ontology based data management 3 data is widespread into separate pieces of documentation that are often di cult to access and rarely conforming to common standards. A software redocumentation process using ontology based. Nasser1 and weichang du 2and dawn macisaac department of computer science, university of calgary, calgary, ab, canada1 faculty of computer science, university of new brunswick, fredericton, nb, canada2 email. Ontology based data integration involves the use of ontology s to effectively combine data or information from multiple heterogeneous sources. Chapter 4 ontologybased architecture documentation approac h in this chapter we in vestigate how an on tology can be used for retrieving ak from sa documentation rq2. This document provides a comprehensive architectural overview of the system, using a number of different architectural views to depict different aspects of the system. Towards ontologybased software architecture representations. Nov 21, 2011 the ontology based business architecture engineering framework. Unlike the usual practice where learning object components are assembled manually, the framework enables onthefly access and repurposing of learning object components. This article reports on the development of a framework for repurposing learning object components, more specifically components of slide presentations.

An ontologybased approach for software architecture. All software development products, whether created by a small team or a large corporation, require some related documentation. It may be leveraged for the development of related standards or specifications supporting that environment, as well as. An ontology based software test generation framework valeh h. This reference ontology for semantic service oriented architectures is an abstract framework for understanding significant entities and relationships between them within a semanticallyenabled serviceoriented environment. Software engineering ontology for software engineering. Bridging the gap between software architecture rationale. Mar 25, 20 updated november 26, 2018 page is updated monthly on the 26th. Requirements statements that identify attributes, capabilities, characteristics, or qualities of a system. Developers can integrate the output of protege with rule systems or other problem solvers to construct a wide range of intelligent systems. Documentation is an important part of software engineering.

It is one of the multiple data integration approaches and may be classified as globalasview gav. It is intended to capture and convey the significant architectural decisions which have been made on the system. The role of vocabularies on the semantic web are to help data integration when, for example, ambiguities may exist on the terms used in the different data sets, or when a bit of extra knowledge may lead to the discovery of new relationships. Development of ontology based framework for information. Technology system architecture and software architecture in acme style 21. In computer science and information science, an ontology encompasses a representation, formal naming and definition of the categories, properties and relations between the concepts, data and entities that substantiate one, many or all domains of discourse. For more frequent resource alerts, follow ehr science on twitter. Nist has a diverse portfolio of activities supporting our nations health it effort. Rodrigues software development technologies lab center for information technology renato archer campinas, sp, brazil abstract every software has an architecture, but in most cases it is poorly documented.

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