Title :
Extracting business rules from COBOL: A model-based tool
Author :
Cosentino, Valentina ; Cabot, Jordi ; Albert, Patrick ; Bauquel, Philippe ; Perronnet, Jacques
Author_Institution :
AtlanMod, INRIA, Nantes, France
Abstract :
This paper presents a Business Rule Extraction tool for COBOL systems. Starting from a COBOL program, we derive a model-based representation of the source code and we provide a set of model transformations to identify and visualize the embedded business rules. In particular, the tool facilitates the definition of an application vocabulary and the identification of relevant business variables. In addition, such variables are used as starting point to slice the code in order to identify business rules, that are finally represented by means of textual and graphical artifacts. The tool has been developed as an Eclipse plug-in in collaboration with IBM France.
Keywords :
COBOL; business data processing; data visualisation; vocabulary; COBOL program; COBOL systems; Eclipse plug-in; IBM France; application vocabulary; business rules extraction; business variables identification; embedded business rules identification; embedded business rules visualization; graphical artifacts; model transformations; model-based tool; source code model-based representation; textual artifacts; Computational modeling; Context; Organizations; Software; Visualization; Vocabulary;
Conference_Titel :
Reverse Engineering (WCRE), 2013 20th Working Conference on
Conference_Location :
Koblenz
DOI :
10.1109/WCRE.2013.6671329
