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Ontology based Specifications for Software Reliability Advancement

by Shilpa Sharma, Maya Ingle
International Journal of Computer Applications
Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
Volume 43 - Number 13
Year of Publication: 2012
Authors: Shilpa Sharma, Maya Ingle
10.5120/6163-8571

Shilpa Sharma, Maya Ingle . Ontology based Specifications for Software Reliability Advancement. International Journal of Computer Applications. 43, 13 ( April 2012), 18-26. DOI=10.5120/6163-8571

@article{ 10.5120/6163-8571,
author = { Shilpa Sharma, Maya Ingle },
title = { Ontology based Specifications for Software Reliability Advancement },
journal = { International Journal of Computer Applications },
issue_date = { April 2012 },
volume = { 43 },
number = { 13 },
month = { April },
year = { 2012 },
issn = { 0975-8887 },
pages = { 18-26 },
numpages = {9},
url = { https://ijcaonline.org/archives/volume43/number13/6163-8571/ },
doi = { 10.5120/6163-8571 },
publisher = {Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA},
address = {New York, USA}
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Abstract

Presently, achieving highly reliable software from the customer's perspective is a demanding job for all software engineers and reliability engineers. Consequently, reliability may be defined by the user's requirements. In addition, specifications are the basis for software development. Therefore, all means applicable ought to substantiate the specifications concerning requirements. To specifically and succinctly define the reliability, specifications must be written in formal and highly expressive language. Formal ontologies enable use of automated consistency checking of the software system with respect to declarative specifications. Therefore, we have proposed Ontology based protocol (OntoReliability) for developing software specifications in support of reliability advancement. We also present examples from the practice of our protocol that constitutes description, preconditions, post conditions, standard course, proxy course, exceptions, inclusions, primacy, rate of uses, exceptional requirements and remarks and concerns. This, conversely, necessitates revealing the benefits of implementing an OntoReliabilty protocol.

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Index Terms

Computer Science
Information Sciences

Keywords

Ontoreliability Protocol Ontorelspecifications