An ontology for microarchitectural design knowledge

Author

Garzás, Javier ; Piattini, Mario

Author_Institution

mCentric, Madrid, Spain

Volume

22

Issue

2

fYear

2005

Firstpage

28

Lastpage

33

Abstract

In this article, we present an ontology that structures and unifies this accumulated OO microarchitectural design knowledge. This ontology differentiates between declarative and operative knowledge, and encompasses rules, patterns, and refactorings. It also encompasses the differences and relationships between these types of knowledge. Our ontology helps to better understand how to implement and refactor OO design knowledge, thereby improving quality, reducing costs, and saving time.

Keywords

object-oriented programming; ontologies (artificial intelligence); software architecture; software metrics; software process improvement; software quality; systems re-engineering; microarchitectural design knowledge; object-oriented programming; ontology; software metrics; software process improvement; software quality; systems re-engineering; Best practices; Computer architecture; Costs; Design engineering; Knowledge engineering; Microarchitecture; Ontologies; Software design; Software engineering; Software quality; bad smells; best practices; design knowledge; design patterns; heuristics; microarchitectural design; object-oriented; ontology; principles; refactorings; rules;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Software, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0740-7459

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MS.2005.26

Filename

1407823