Discovering geographic services from textual use cases

Authors

  • Viviana E. Saldaño Unidad Académica Caleta Olivia, Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia Austral, Argentina
  • Agustina Buccella Grupo de Investigación en Ingeniería de Software del Comahue (GIISCo), Departamento de Ciencias de la Computación, Universidad Nacional del Comahue, Argentina
  • Alejandra Cechich Grupo de Investigación en Ingeniería de Software del Comahue (GIISCo), Departamento de Ciencias de la Computación, Universidad Nacional del Comahue, Argentina

Keywords:

DSBC, OTS, GIS services, Taxonomies, Textual use cases

Abstract

Component Based Software Development (CBSD) relies upon utilization of previously developed software components OTS (Off-The-Shelf), which are appropriately merged to satisfy particular system requirements. However, wide acceptance of this paradigm at industry requires efficient component identification and selection, aspects which are being investigated until now. In this context, this paper further explores the use of a geographic services taxonomy, which facilitates component identification, and is used by analysts in charge of developing a Geographic Information System (GIS) employing a CBSD approach. In this article, different knowledge extraction techniques are evaluated and a methodology is proposed to standardize resultant vocabulary in order to allow automatic tools to support GIS services search.

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2010-06-01

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Saldaño, V. E., Buccella, A., & Cechich, A. (2010). Discovering geographic services from textual use cases. Journal of Computer Science and Technology, 10(02), p. 61–67. Retrieved from https://journal.info.unlp.edu.ar/JCST/article/view/728

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