Integrated support for software reuse in Computer-Aided Software Engineering (CASE)

ABSTRACT

The success and acceptance of reuse tools and libraries depends on their integration into existing software development environments. However, the addition of large libraries of reusable components to software design databases only exacerbates the problem of design data management. Object-oriented databases originated to meet the requirements of design data management that relational databases could not satisfy. This paper describes a semantic data model for an object-oriented database supporting an integrated Computer Aided Software Engineering environment (CASE). The data model promotes reuse by providing objects that match program design requirements to existing components in the reuse library.

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INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  D. Software
  D.2 SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
      D.2.m Miscellaneous
          Subjects: Reusable software**

Additional Classification:
  D. Software
  D.2 SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
      D.2.2 Design Tools and Techniques
          Subjects: Computer-aided software engineering (CASE)

  H. Information Systems
  H.2 DATABASE MANAGEMENT
      H.2.1 Logical Design
          Subjects: Data models

  J. Computer Applications

  K. Computing Milieux
  K.6 MANAGEMENT OF COMPUTING AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS
      K.6.3 Software Management
          Subjects: Software development

General Terms:
Design, Management, Theory

Keywords:
CASE, Computer-Aided Software Engineering, object-oriented database systems, semantic data modeling, software reuse