Classifying Software for Reusability

Challenges of the Open Source Component Marketplace in the Industry

“…It is based on the premise that for reuse to be effective, a proper infrastructure enabling reusers to find and understand the components that best fit their needs should exist [21]. Although systematic software reuse has been an active research area for more than a decade [9], the special nature of OSS has taken the original concept of systematic reuse based on centralized repositories into a completely different arena based on massive reuse over Internet.…”

“…The OSS reuse environment greatly differs to the "classical" reuse environment based on centralized repositories [21]. In this section, we describe the high-level elements that constitute the OSS marketplace in order to understand the new required needs for improving OSS components reusability.…”

Tools for Managing Repository Objects

“…The classification scheme used by ORCA is an extension of Prieto-Diaz's faceted classification schema [4]. In such a schema, an object is classified along a number of dimensions -the facets --and two objects may be 'close' to each other with respect to one or more facets.…”

Transformation-based creation of custom-tailored software process models

“…• characterization and selection approaches (e.g., [1], [13], [2]); • composition, generation, and transformation approaches (e.g., [6]); • AI planning approaches (e.g., [3], [16]); • domain engineering approaches (e.g., [9]); • classical planning approaches such as work breakdown structures (e.g., [15]); • process pattern approaches (e.g., [8]). …”