Managing Resource Repository of a Software Product Line with Feature Model

With rapid development of software product line research, how to manage reusable resources is becoming increasingly important. The description and organization of resources are key techniques for a resource repository. We present an XML based interface specification to formalize the description of resources. And we organize resources with a feature model which is proved to be an effective way to manage commonalities and variations in software product line. The model proposed can be applied to various resource scenarios and is easier to query and interoperate. In studying the data processing domain, we build a resource repository and a corresponding managing tool to categorize and query resources from the software product line.