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Technical Software Development Process in the XML Domain

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Trustworthy Software Development Processes (ICSP 2009)

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Background: A Technical Development Process (TDP) is a development process for a particular technology, such as XML, service orientation, object orientation or a programming language. Unlike software development life-cycle processes, TDPs provide concrete and detailed guidance to software engineers working in a particular technology domain. TDPs are currently not well understood in terms of description, modelling and interactions with life-cycle processes. Aim: In this paper, we investigate what are TDPs in the XML domain and how can TDPs be modelled using existing development process modelling notations and tools. Method: We extracted XML specific TDPs from literatures, interviews and internal documentation within software development organizations and conducted systematic verifications and validations. Results: We identify different types of TDPs in the XML domain and propose mechanisms to model TDPs using Software Process Engineering Meta-models (SPEM) in the Eclipse Modelling Framework (EPF). Conclusion: The results demonstrate the feasibility of explicitly identifying and modelling of TDPs in the context of software process modelling and how they are used in software development. The results help further bridge the gap between macro-processes (life-cycle and management-centred processes) and micro-processes (e.g. developer-centred TDPs).

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  1. NICTA, Australian Technology Park, Eveleigh, NSW, Australia

    Liming Zhu, Tu Tak Tran, Mark Staples & Ross Jeffery

  2. School of Computer Science and Engineering, University of New South Wales, Australia

    Liming Zhu, Tu Tak Tran, Mark Staples & Ross Jeffery

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  1. Institute of Software, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No.4 South Fourth Street, Zhong Guan Cun, 100190, Beijing, China

    Qing Wang

  2. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Schulich School of Engineering, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive N.W., Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada

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  3. Department of Systems Engineering, Naval Postgraduate School, Bullard Hall, Room 201J, 777 Dyer Road, CA 93943, Monterey, USA

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Zhu, L., Tran, T.T., Staples, M., Jeffery, R. (2009). Technical Software Development Process in the XML Domain. In: Wang, Q., Garousi, V., Madachy, R., Pfahl, D. (eds) Trustworthy Software Development Processes. ICSP 2009. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 5543. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-01680-6_23

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