VIFOR 2: a tool for browsing and documentation

During the maintenance of legacy systems, the structure and the documentationofthe system usually deteriorates, and hence the maintenance becomesprogressively harder and harder. In order to reverse this deterioration, it is essential to record the understanding of the system continually, before it is forgotten. It is also important to structure it in such a way that it can be easily accumulatedand retrieved.In thispaper we arepresenting a tool called VIFOR 2, which is oriented towards this situation. The tool combines two technologies: browsing and hypertext documentation. The browser supports rapid navigation around the code. The layered hypertext supports the incrementalrecording and retrieval ocumentation on the desired level of abstraction (domain, algorithm, representation, etc.) We briefly discuss our own experience with the tool.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 1996
• Where: ICSM
• Authors: Vaclav Rajlich, Sridhar Reddy Adnapally
• Keywords: Accumulatedand Retrieved.In Thispaper, Hypertext Documentation, ICSM 1996, Legacy Systems, Software Engineering