An Overview on Aspect-Oriented Requirements Engineering Area

ObasCId(-Tool): an ontologically based approach for concern identification and classification and its computational support

“…Several AORE approaches have been proposed in the last years, especially, for concern identification and classification [9,10]. Many of these approaches ( [3,4,[12][13][14][15][16][17][18] suggest the usage of catalogs of non-functional requirements (NFR catalogs), such as those proposed by Boehm and In [19], Chung and Leite [20], and Cysneiro [21], for aiding software engineers while performing the concern identification and classification activities.…”

“…Reference ontology is a special type of conceptual model, which aims to make clear and precise the description of a domain with the purpose of communication, learning, and problem solving [28]. The development of O4C considered (i) the existing works regarding AORE, gathered by the authors of this paper from a systematic mapping of literature [9,10] and (ii) the expertise of two researchers that have worked with AORE for 12 years. Moreover, the O4C ontology was developed in accordance with (i) the approach for ontology development, called SABiO (Systematic Approach for Building Ontologies) [28], and (ii) an UML profile for ontology modeling, called OntoUML [29].…”

“…Generally, the knowledge about software concern domain is spread in different studies, sometimes in a divergent way, which may preclude the understanding of researchers and practitioners. Another possible cause is the lack of appropriated resources (guidelines, processes, catalogs, computational tools, among others) to support software engineers during the concern identification and classification [9,10]: several AORE approaches rely only either on the software engineers' expertise or on the usage of keywords for the correct identification and classification of software concerns, which may decrease the effectiveness of these approaches. In addition, most of the computational supports for AORE either do not address the concern identification and classification activities, or are not available in a public way, or have obsolete documentation, which may indicate that they were discontinued.…”