Reference : Requirements Engineering for the Design of Conceptual Modeling Languages - a goal- an... |
Scientific journals : Article | |||
Engineering, computing & technology : Computer science | |||
http://hdl.handle.net/10993/20849 | |||
Requirements Engineering for the Design of Conceptual Modeling Languages - a goal- and value-oriented approach | |
English | |
De Kinderen, Sybren ![]() | |
Ma, Qin [> >] | |
2015 | |
Applied Ontology | |
Yes | |
[en] modeling language design ; requirements engineering ; goal modeling | |
[en] Conceptual modeling languages are purposeful artifacts, hence their design should also start from the purpose that
they serve. Such purposeful design addresses the requirements engineering concern of a language specification being aligned with the goals of its users. Thereby relevance of the language is ensured, instead of developing a language for language’s sake. We posit that this addresses some known issues that are due to a misalignment between a language’s specification and the goals of its intended users. In this paper, we introduce vGREL, a goal- and value-oriented approach for purposeful language development. vGREL helps language engineers to start the design of conceptual modeling languages with requirements engineering exercises. To this end vGREL provides (1) a purpose driven requirements engineering process for language design; (2) a value profile for the Goaloriented Requirements Language (GRL) to enable analysis and reasoning during the process and capture its results; and leverages (3) the software tool support of GRL for decision making during language design. To illustrate vGREL, we apply it to a case study on responsibility-based access rights management. Furthermore, we present reflections on vGREL from the language engineer involved in the case study. | |
Fonds National de la Recherche - FnR | |
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http://hdl.handle.net/10993/20849 |
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