Quality and productivity improvement are some advantages of reuse in the software development process. Although the reuse concept is not new, there is not a rigorous representation of related reuse concepts and quality. In this paper we present a historical review of the reuse concepts, and ontology based on reuse definitions and its relation with quality assurance processes. This ontology is part of a research in progress that promotes reuse from the beginning of the software development process in a specific domain, focusing in quality criteria.