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Certification process of software components

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Parminder Kaur,

Hardeep SinghAuthors Info & Claims

ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes, Volume 33, Issue 4

Article No.: 4, Pages 1 - 6

https://doi.org/10.1145/1384139.1384142

Published: 01 July 2008 Publication History

Abstract

Component based systems are the result of structuring a system according to particular design pattern which involves components, component frameworks, component models, component composition, component interfaces, contracts and certification. The success of component-based software engineering depends on system integrator's ability to select the most suitable components for their intended application. This is only possible if component suppliers have clear and reliable information about their component's functional and nonfunctional properties. The component attributes allow system integrator to better classify the components. This paper makes an effort to define certain properties of a component, which are helpful during their classification process. This paper also tries to enlighten the component certification/accreditation process, which helps component suppliers to issue the guarantee of claimed functional properties and quality attributes.

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Cited By

Upadhyay NDespande BAgrawal V(2011)Towards a Software Component Quality ModelAdvances in Computer Science and Information Technology10.1007/978-3-642-17857-3_40(398-412)Online publication date: 2011
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-17857-3_40
Kalaimagal SSrinivasan R(2009)The need for transforming the COTS component quality evaluation standard mirage to realityACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes10.1145/1598732.159873534:5(1-4)Online publication date: 2-Oct-2009
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/1598732.1598735

Index Terms

Certification process of software components
1. Social and professional topics
  1. Professional topics
    1. Management of computing and information systems
      1. Project and people management
      2. Software management
2. Software and its engineering
  1. Software creation and management
    1. Software development process management
    2. Software development techniques
      1. Reusability
  2. Software notations and tools
    1. Software configuration management and version control systems
    2. Software libraries and repositories

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ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes Volume 33, Issue 4

July 2008

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ISSN:0163-5948

DOI:10.1145/1384139

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Upadhyay NDespande BAgrawal V(2011)Towards a Software Component Quality ModelAdvances in Computer Science and Information Technology10.1007/978-3-642-17857-3_40(398-412)Online publication date: 2011
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-17857-3_40
Kalaimagal SSrinivasan R(2009)The need for transforming the COTS component quality evaluation standard mirage to realityACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes10.1145/1598732.159873534:5(1-4)Online publication date: 2-Oct-2009
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/1598732.1598735

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