WHAT IS AN ASPECT IN REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING?

Hermann Kaindl

2009

Abstract

Addressing the issue of crosscutting concerns within a software system, the notion of an aspect has been introduced, first for so-called Aspect-Oriented Programming (AOP) and then, more generally, for Aspect-Oriented Software Development (AOSD). Unfortunately, this notion is used with two different meanings: one as a synonym for “crosscutting concern”, and the other as a means to deal with a crosscutting concern within the software. Later, this notion has been carried over to so-called Aspect-Oriented Requirements Engineering (AORE). This raises questions about the meaning(s) of an aspect in this context, and about the relationship of this notion in AORE and the same notion in AOP. We try to answer these questions and argue to define an aspect as a means to deal with crosscutting concerns, and not as a synonym of “crosscutting concern”. Most importantly, an aspect in AORE is not necessarily related to an aspect within the software.

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Kaindl H. (2009). WHAT IS AN ASPECT IN REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING? . In Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Software and Data Technologies - Volume 1: ICSOFT, ISBN 978-989-674-009-2, pages 354-357. DOI: 10.5220/0002280603540357


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@conference{icsoft09,
author={Hermann Kaindl},
title={WHAT IS AN ASPECT IN REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING?},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Software and Data Technologies - Volume 1: ICSOFT,},
year={2009},
pages={354-357},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0002280603540357},
isbn={978-989-674-009-2},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Software and Data Technologies - Volume 1: ICSOFT,
TI - WHAT IS AN ASPECT IN REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING?
SN - 978-989-674-009-2
AU - Kaindl H.
PY - 2009
SP - 354
EP - 357
DO - 10.5220/0002280603540357