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RSHP: an information representation model based on relationships

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Soft Computing in Software Engineering

Part of the book series: Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing ((STUDFUZZ,volume 159))

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This paper presents an information representation model based on relationships, called RSHP. A metamodel representation is proposed. The model allows to handle all kind of artifacts (textual, design models, code, databases, etc.) using the same representation schema, and therefore, it is possible to generalize their management in computer systems. The success of the RSHP model depends on the definition of the allowed relationships. A set of them are proposed on this version of the model. Dynamic terms (verbs) must also be modeled to represent actions within the relationships.

The particularities of the RSHP model allow to represent many artifact types using the same information they contain. This means that no information loss is produced when indexing those artifacts, and it becomes possible to generate the original artifact from its representation.

Textual documents can also be represented using relationships. This representation is richer than the classical one but the indexers become much more complicated, and even more dependant of the natural language in which the artifacts to be indexed are written.

This representation model allows true reuse of all kinds of artifacts, specially in the Software Engineering discipline. However, RSHP has direct application to Domain Engineering as well, through domain representation modeling.

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  1. Computer Science Department, Universidad Carlos III, Madrid, Spain

    Juan Llorens, Jorge Morato & Gonzalo Genova

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  2. Knowledge-Based Intelligent, Engineering Systems Centre, University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes, 5095, Adelaide, Australia

    Lakhmi C. Jain

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Llorens, J., Morato, J., Genova, G. (2004). RSHP: an information representation model based on relationships. In: Damiani, E., Madravio, M., Jain, L.C. (eds) Soft Computing in Software Engineering. Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing, vol 159. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-44405-3_8

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