Keeping requirements and test cases consistent: Towards an ontology-based approach

Due to increasing functionality and use of software within mechatronic systems, their complexity increases. Quality and correctness of these systems´ functionality must be ensured making an approach for requirements and test case management necessary. To provide a first step towards solving these challenges, this paper presents a modeling approach that enables the early integration between requirements and test cases. Moreover, a first study on using semantic technologies for ensuring consistency is presented. By that, the foundations for supporting test engineers in specifying and testing the system are formed.