Contexts, Domains, and Software

We survey some issues that relate to context dependence and context sensitivity in the development of software, particularly in relation to information systems by defining a range of context-related concepts. Domain models are identified as the appropriate framework for dealing with context-related issues. The importance of context is being increasingly recognized in many areas of computing. The aim of this note is to arrive at a classification of contexts in a rather informal way, by defining a number of terms. We hope that this will further the discussion of what effect context has on the design of software systems, and on the relationship between contexts and domain modeling. The interpretation of the word context shows considerable variety — indeed, the definition is itself context-sensitive. Linguists may see it as a psychological construct, a subset of a hearer’s assumptions about the world that is used in interpreting an utterance [1]. To an organizational theorist con...

• Type: Conference
• Year: 1999
• Where: CONTEXT
• Authors: Alfs T. Berztiss
• Keywords: CONTEXT 1999, Context Sensitivity, Modelling And Simulation, Organizational Theorist Context, Word Context