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This paper presents a basic data model for a hypertext database that manages software information produced throughout the software lifecycle. This information is software documentation and programs (e.g. requirement documents, specification documents, test specification documents, source and object codes, etc). Our objective is to constitute an efficient aid in the development and the maintenance activities using an integrated engineering information system.
We propose an Object-Oriented data model supporting hypertext features. Documents and programs are modeled as composite objects, and links are supported between documentation fragments, between program fragments and between documentation and programs. The model aims to provide a definition of the semantics of hypertext links including a support for composite objects with shared components, and to distinguish hypertext composition links from simple ones. In addition to these static aspects, the model expresses the dynamic behaviour of objects and their evolution over time, e.g. version management and side effect propagation after updating code or documentation. In order to locate fragments of documents relevant to user’s requests, information retrieval by content in addition to database-like queries and hypertext information navigation is supported.
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Jarwa, S., Bruandet, MF. (1990). A Hypertext Database Model for Information Management in Software Engineering. In: Tjoa, A.M., Wagner, R. (eds) Database and Expert Systems Applications. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-7553-8_11
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