Reuse-oriented process component representation and retrieval

Abstract

This paper proposes a reuse-oriented process component representation framework for the description and classification of process components (PCs). The key features of our approach are the division of process component descriptions into a goal-oriented PC's general information description (PGD), an implementation-oriented PC's specification description (PSD) and an improvement-oriented PC's data description (PDD). A facet-based PC classification scheme and an XML-based process description method is presented. A retrieval model based on tree-containment matching is given, which can improve the recall while maintaining a high level precision. Finally, a reuse based process and project management system (P2MS) to support process improvement and control is also introduced in this paper.