Title :
A user interface design for cataloging and identifying reusable software modules: a semantic network approach
Author :
Gerlach, James ; Kuo, Feng-Yang
Author_Institution :
Coll. of Bus., Colorado Univ., Denver, CO, USA
Abstract :
A knowledge representation technique for cataloging software modules is described. The software catalog is a multilevel schema that classifies modules according to function, date usage, and application users. A semantic network is used to encode the catalog and also serves as the basis for an interface design for perusing the contents of the catalog. By opening a window on the catalog, encoded knowledge is viewed and can be searched by following the arcs that interrelate software modules, data elements, and users. The catalog is intended to serve as a tool for systems analysts to identify potentially reusable data structures and programming modules at the requirements-analysis stage in developing a novel information system
Keywords :
cataloguing; data structures; knowledge representation; software reusability; software tools; systems analysis; user interfaces; application users; data elements; date usage; encoded knowledge; information system development; knowledge representation; module function; module identification; multilevel schema; programming modules; requirements-analysis; reusable data structures; reusable software modules; semantic network; software catalog; systems analysts; user interface design; window; Application software; Data structures; Educational institutions; Information analysis; Information systems; Knowledge representation; Software libraries; Software reusability; System analysis and design; User interfaces;
Conference_Titel :
System Sciences, 1989. Vol.II: Software Track, Proceedings of the Twenty-Second Annual Hawaii International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Kailua-Kona, HI
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-1912-0
DOI :
10.1109/HICSS.1989.48116
