A component-based software configuration management model and its supporting system. (English) Zbl 1057.68012
Summary: Software Configuration Management (SCM) is an important key technology in software development. Component-Based Software Development (CBSD) is an emerging paradigm in software development. However, to apply CBSD effectively in real world practice, supporting SCM in CBSD needs to be further investigated. In this paper, the objects that need to be managed in CBSD is analyzed and a component-based SCM model is presented. In this model, components, as the integral logical constituents in a system, are managed as the basic configuration items in SCM, and the relationships between/among components are defined and maintained. Based on this model, a configuration management system is implemented.
MSC:
| 68N01 | General topics in the theory of software |
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