A toolkit for Reuse in Conceptual Modelling

  • Raul Ruggia
  • Ana Paula Ambrosio
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Abstract

This paper proposes a toolkit for applying Reuse in Conceptual Modelling. The main objective is to cope with the problems of complexity in the Conceptual Modelling activity. In a long-term perspective this proposition intends to settle the basis for a larger application of Reuse in Information System development. While research in Software Reuse has revealed that the application of Reuse in software development is extremely difficult, Conceptual Modelling appears as a more promising area because it manipulates simpler objects: conceptual schemas.

The proposed toolkit provides reuse-oriented services to KHEOPS database design environment. These services include: quality validation of reusable components, component selection from the Repository, and new conceptual schema construction by customising and composing reusable ones. Reusable components consist of an Extended Entity-Relationship schema as well as other information like executable reuse guidelines.

Keywords

Quality Property Selection Tool Semantic Descriptor Software Reuse Query Condition 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Raul Ruggia
    • 1
  • Ana Paula Ambrosio
    • 2
  1. 1.Instituto de ComputaciónUniversidad de la RepúblicaUruguay
  2. 2.Departamento de Estatísitca e InformáticaUniversidade Federal de GoiásBrazil

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