Towards a software maintenance methodology using Semantic Web techniques and paradigmatic documentation modelling

IET Software

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 337-347

  Hyland Wood, D ^a   Carrington, D ^a   Kaplan, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; INFORMATION THEORY; MAINTENANCE; METADATA; SEMANTIC WEB; SEMANTICS; SYSTEM PROGRAM DOCUMENTATION;

DISTRIBUTED SOFTWARE; MAINTENANCE METHODOLOGY; NON-FUNCTIONAL; QUALITY MEASUREMENTS; SEMANTIC-WEB TECHNIQUES; SOFTWARE SYSTEMS; SOFTWARE UNDERSTANDING; TOOL SETS;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE;

EID: 49149094862     PISSN: 17518806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/iet-sen:20070092     Document Type: Conference Paper

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