DocumentCode :
1703993
Title :
Derivation and presentation of an abstract program space for Ada
Author :
Bailes, Paul A. ; Burnim, Paul ; Chapman, Murray ; Johnston, Dan
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Queensland Univ., Qld., Australia
fYear :
1996
Firstpage :
230
Lastpage :
239
Abstract :
A visualisation concept called “layering” promises to deal with large software systems, but has to date been exclusively oriented towards the level of concrete code rather than more design level information. The first step in further progress is to derive with some degree of formalism a space of abstract program constructs that can be viewed by layers. Next, iconography for the elements of the space is derived with a similar formal spirit. Finally, the implementation not only allows simultaneous, linked views of concrete and abstract layers, but can also be extended to accommodate any number of subsequent higher level design views that may be envisaged
Keywords :
Ada; data visualisation; reverse engineering; software maintenance; system recovery; visual programming; Ada; abstract layers; abstract program constructs; abstract program space; concrete code; design level information; higher level design views; iconography; large software systems; linked views; visualisation concept; Computer science; Concrete; Data mining; Packaging; Process design; Shape measurement; Software maintenance; Software systems; Taxonomy; Visualization;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Program Comprehension, 1996, Proceedings., Fourth Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Berlin
ISSN :
1092-8138
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-7283-8
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/WPC.1996.501137
Filename :
501137
Link To Document :
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