Bridging the gap between software architecture rationale formalisms and actual architecture documents: An ontology-driven approach

López, Claudia; Codocedo, Víctor; Astudillo, Hernán; Cysneiros, Luiz Marcio

doi:10.1016/j.scico.2010.06.009

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“…Other general-purpose ontologies for describing commonly documented AK concepts have been proposed in [43,41,44,39,45]. Many AK concepts in the lightweight software ontology are also described in these other general-purpose ontologies, e.g., requirements in [43], architecture elements such as components, subsystems, and interfaces in [41,44], and all aforementioned AK concepts together with decisions in [39,45].…”

Section: Software Architecture Ontologiesmentioning

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“…Many AK concepts in the lightweight software ontology are also described in these other general-purpose ontologies, e.g., requirements in [43], architecture elements such as components, subsystems, and interfaces in [41,44], and all aforementioned AK concepts together with decisions in [39,45]. Figure 2 depicts the classes and relationships in the lightweight software ontology 1 , together with classes (appended with "(Océ)") that were added to support the AK concepts used in one of the experiment domains (Section 4.3.2 details on this extension).…”

Section: Software Architecture Ontologiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…López et al [45] proposed the Toeska Rationale Extraction (TREx) approach to recover, represent, and explore design rationale in text documents, including in-page semantic annotations. The Toeska ontology, based on ArchVoc [43], is used together with the NDR ontology.…”

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How organisation of architecture documentation affects architectural knowledge retrieval

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A common approach to software architecture documentation in industry projects is the use of file-based documents. This approach offers a single-dimensional arrangement of the architectural knowledge. Knowledge retrieval from file-based architecture documentation is efficient if the organisation of knowledge supports the needs of the readers; otherwise it can be difficult. In this paper, we compare the organisation and retrieval of architectural knowledge in a file-based documentation approach and an ontologybased documentation approach. The ontology-based approach offers a multi-dimensional organisation of architectural knowledge by means of a software ontology and semantic wiki, whereas file-based documentation typically uses hierarchical organisation by directory structure and table of content. We conducted case studies in two companies to study the efficiency and effectiveness of retrieving architectural knowledge from the different organisations of knowledge. We found that the use of better knowledge organisation correlates with the efficiency and effectiveness of AK retrieval. Professionals who used the knowledge organisation found this beneficial.

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“…Lopez et al report evidence in [9] that ontology-based SA documentation improves efficiency and effectiveness when retrieving design rationale from SA documents. Jansen et al…”

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An exploratory study on ontology engineering for software architecture documentation

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Architectural Knowledge (AK) can be retrieved by the stakeholders in a software project.Recent findings show that the use of ontology-based SA documentation is promising. However, different roles in software development have different needs for AK, and building an ontology to suit these needs is challenging. In this paper we describe an approach to build an ontology for SA documentation. This approach involves the use of typical questions for eliciting and constructing an ontology. We outline eight contextual factors, which influence the successful construction of an ontology, especially in complex software projects with diverse AK users. We tested our 'typical question' approach in a case study and report how it can be used for acquiring and modeling AK needs.

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“…Generation of system ontology based on descriptive models is a critical task as for existing system modification as well as one of steps for system design. Issues of system ontological description development based on project documentation and views in modeling languages are described in papers [5], [6], [7], [8].…”

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An approach to service-oriented information systems architecture development based on semantic closure measure

Mokerov

2014

Annals of Computer Science and Information Systems

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Abstract-The goal of this research is to design the approach to automated development of service-oriented architecture of information systems based on ontology. The approach presented in the paper is based on methodology of system and ontology design. Novelty of the approach is in application of semantic closure of system functions as clustering criteria. The results of the research were used in practice for design of e-university knowledge database. This paper is a part of the author's PhD thesis.

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Bridging the gap between software architecture rationale formalisms and actual architecture documents: An ontology-driven approach

Cited by 44 publications

References 20 publications

How organisation of architecture documentation affects architectural knowledge retrieval

How organisation of architecture documentation affects architectural knowledge retrieval

An exploratory study on ontology engineering for software architecture documentation

An approach to service-oriented information systems architecture development based on semantic closure measure

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