WISR 7 Working Group Report: Domain Model Representations Strategies: Towards a Comparative Framework

Mark Simos
Facilitator
Organon Motives, Inc.

• Participants
• Scope and Objectives
• Inputs
• Example Scenarios
• Working Group Process
• Stages of Our Modeling Process
  • Elaborating the Linear Model
  • ``Hypercube'' Representation
  • 2-D Matrix Representation
  • Kiviat Diagrams
• Axes of the Kiviat Diagram
  • Separability of domain model from system models
  • Inter-system commonality
  • Intra-system variability
  • Inter-system variability
  • Temporal commonality
  • Differentiation of commonality and variability
  • Mapping of domain model to system models
  • Kiviat Diagram Examples
    • OO
    • OO plus Frameworks
    • 6 - RLF
    • 6 Decision Rules
    • Facets
    • Configuration Management
    • KADS
    • Scott AFB
    • FADS
    • CPD
• Risks and Benefits
• Additional Features
  • Semantic expressiveness
  • Tractability support
  • Navigability
  • Coupling of representation to Assumed "Space" of the Domain
  • Coupling of Representation to Specific Workproducts
  • Hybrid strategies
• Discoveries and Insights
  • Commonality and Variability as Orthogonal Attributes
  • Variability Means Different Things to Different People
  • Controversy over Configuration Management as Domain Modeling
  • Complementary aspects of Facets and Rules
• Different Definitions of Domain
  • Domains in AI Community
  • Problem vs. Solution Space
  • Domains in the OO Community
  • Domains in the Reuse Community
  • Summary of ``Domain Belief Model''
• Future Plans
  • Taxonomic modeling supporting method
  • Decision Aid for Selecting Representation Strategy
• Addendum: Working Group Facilitation: Simos Process Reflections
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