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Refactoring software development process terminology through the use of ontology

Clarke, Paul ORCID: 0000-0002-4487-627X, Mesquida, Antoni Lluís ORCID: 0000-0002-1191-6220, Ekert, Damjan, Ekstrom, J.J., Gornostaja, Tatjana, Johansen, Jorn, Mas, Antonia, Messnarz, Richard, Najera Villar, Blanca, O'Connor, Alexander, O'Connor, Rory ORCID: 0000-0001-9253-0313, Reiner, Michael, Sauberer, Gabriele ORCID: 0000-0001-6183-9940, Schmitz, Klaus-Dirk and Yilmaz, Murat ORCID: 0000-0002-2446-3224 (2016) Refactoring software development process terminology through the use of ontology. In: 23nd European Conference on Systems, Software and Services Process Improvement (EuroSPI 2016), 14-16 Sept 2016, Graz, Austria. ISBN 978-3-319-44817-6

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Abstract

In work that is ongoing, the authors are examining the extent of software development process terminology drift. Initial findings suggest there is a degree of term confusion, with the mapping of concepts to terms lacking precision in some instances. Ontologies are concerned with identifying the concepts of relevance to a field of endeavour and mapping those concepts to terms such that term confusion is reduced. In this paper, we discuss how ontologies are developed. We also identify various sources of software process terminology. Our work to date indicates that the systematic development of a software development process ontology would be of benefit to the entire software development community. The development of such an ontology would in effect represent a systematic refactoring of the terminology and concepts produced over four decades of software process innovation.

Item Type:Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Event Type:Conference
Refereed:Yes
Uncontrolled Keywords:Software Development Process; Software Development Roles; Specialised Communication; Terminology; Ontology
Subjects:Computer Science > Software engineering
DCU Faculties and Centres:Research Initiatives and Centres > Lero: The Irish Software Engineering Research Centre
DCU Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Engineering and Computing > School of Computing
Published in: 23rd European Conference, EuroSPI 2016, Graz, Austria, September 14-16, 2016, Proceedings. Communications in Computer and Information Science 633. Springer International Publishing. ISBN 978-3-319-44817-6
Publisher:Springer International Publishing
Official URL:http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-44817-6_4
Copyright Information:©2016. The original publication is available at www.springerlink.com
ID Code:21404
Deposited On:06 Oct 2016 10:16 by Rory O'connor . Last Modified 01 Mar 2023 13:45

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