Storing and Retrieving Software Components: A Component Description Manager

The aim of the paper is to present the results of research into Component-Based software development by providing a specification mechanism allowing searching for components in a component repository. A new component classification framework is proposed based on which a Component Description Manager has been designed and implemented. The classification framework combines domain knowledge, ontological information and some semantics to allow descriptions of components to be constructed in a consistent, yet informative way. The Component Description Manager consists of the classification framework and a repository of component descriptions constructed using this framework. This new approach is compared to alternative component repositories and marketplaces.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2000
• Where: ASWEC
• Authors: Rune Meling, E. James Montgomery, Pon Sudha Ponnusamy, Eva Beverly Wong, Daniela Mehandjiska
• Keywords: ASWEC 2000, Classification Framework, Component Classification Framework, Component Description Manager, Software Engineering