The System of Searching Similar Software Projects, Based on the Ontology Constructed by UML Metascheme and Design Patterns

摘要

The description of the system for the searching similar program solutions for software project or module was proposed in this paper. The search is performed under the project architecture in order to abstract from the implementation. The UML meta-scheme is used to represent the project architecture. Design templates are used as generally accepted software design solutions. To perform a search among projects, it is necessary to store UML diagrams with their semantics, ontologies in OWL format are suitable for this. Search can be carried out among projects from public repositories and organizations internal repositories. The initial data for the search are the class diagram of the developing project and the names of the public libraries structural elements. The paper describes the structure and description of ontology on the basis of which the system was build. The rules, nuances and examples of the transformation of the architectural solution into ontology are given. An example of the proposed approach to the problem of finding architectural solutions for integration with the public service API is considered. The paper contains an analysis of the results and directions for further research.