Using generalized markup and SGML for reverse engineering graphical representations of software

Author

Cross, James H. ; Hendrix, T. Dean

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Eng., Auburn Univ., AL, USA

fYear

1995

fDate

14-16 Jul 1995

Firstpage

2

Lastpage

6

Abstract

As part of the ongoing research of Auburn University´s GRASP (Graphical Representations of Algorithms, Structures and Processes) project, a markup language has been designed and prototyped to facilitate the automatic generation of static program visualizations from source code. Specifically, the latest release of the GRASP/Ada tool uses a markup language called GRASP-ML as the basis for automatically generating control structure diagrams from Ada source code. This markup language is described, and its role in reverse engineering with GRASP/Ada is explained. Finally, promising future work is outlined and discussed

Keywords

Ada; computer aided software engineering; data visualisation; diagrams; page description languages; program control structures; reverse engineering; software tools; Ada source code; GRASP project; GRASP-ML; GRASP/Ada tool; SGML; algorithms; automatic generation; control structure diagrams; generalized markup language; graphical representations; reverse engineering; software; static program visualizations; Computer science; Costs; Flowcharts; Markup languages; Page description languages; Productivity; Reverse engineering; SGML; Testing; Visualization;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Reverse Engineering, 1995., Proceedings of 2nd Working Conference on

Conference_Location

Toronto, Ont.

Print_ISBN

0-8186-711-43

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WCRE.1995.514687

Filename

514687