TITLE:
Feature Modeling and Variability Modeling Syntactic Notation Comparison and Mapping
AUTHORS:
Wahyudianto, Eko K. Budiardjo, Elviawaty M. Zamzami
KEYWORDS:
Comparison and Mapping; FODA; Cardinality-based Feature Model; Orthogonal Variability Language; Common Variability Language; Feature Model; R3ST Software
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Computer and Communications,
Vol.2 No.2,
January
10,
2014
ABSTRACT: Feature Model (FM) became an important role in Software Product Line
Engineering (SPLE) field. Many approaches have been introduced since the
original FM came up with Feature Oriented Domain Analysis (FODA) introduced by
Kang in 1990. The main purpose of FM is used for commonality and variability
analysis in domain engineering, to optimize the reusable aspect of software
features or components. Cardinality-based Feature Model (CBFM) is one extension
of original FM, which integrates several notations of other extensions. In
CBFM, feature model defined as hierarchy of feature, with each of feature has a
cardinality. The other notation to express variability within SPLE is
Orthogonal Variability Model (OVM). At the other hand, OMG as standard
organization makes an effort to build standard generic language to express the
commonality and variability in SPL field, by initiate Common Variability
Language (CVL). This paper reports the comparison and mapping of FODA, CBFM and
OVM to CVL where need to be explored first to define meta model mapping of these several approaches. Furthermore, the comparison
and mapping of those approaches are discussed in term of R3ST (read as “REST”)
software feature model as the case study.