Title :
Software requirements specification database based on requirements frame model
Author :
Ohnishi, Atsushi
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Ritsumeikan Univ., Kusatsu, Japan
Abstract :
The author proposes a method to build a relational database of software requirements specifications (SRSs) from textual SRSs automatically. The author has been developing a requirements model called requirements frame and a text-base requirements language based on the model in order to improve the quality of SRSs. Since requirements frame can be transformed into a relational data model, each of the requirement sentences can be regarded as a tuple of a relational table. The author has been developing both a query language and a relational database management system for on SRS database. One of the features of the SRS DB system is to give an answer with a requirement sentence as an example/counter-example. This feature contributes to verification of the SRS from a developer´s own viewpoint. Another feature is detecting changed requirements in modification of the SRS. This feature contributes to effective maintenance of the SRS
Keywords :
data structures; formal specification; query languages; relational databases; software maintenance; changed requirements detection; query language; relational data model; relational database building; relational database management system; relational table; requirement sentences; requirements frame model; requirements model; software requirements specification; software requirements specification database; text-base requirements language; verification; Books; Computer science; Computer vision; Data models; Database languages; Electronic mail; Instruments; Relational databases; Software maintenance; Spatial databases;
Conference_Titel :
Requirements Engineering, 1996., Proceedings of the Second International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Colorado Springs, CO
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-7252-8
DOI :
10.1109/ICRE.1996.491450
