Title
A hypertext system to manage software life cycle documents
Abstract
The Documents Integration Facility, an environment based on objects and relationships between objects that was constructed for the development, use, and maintenance of large-scale systems and their life-cycle documents, is presented. DIF helps integrate and manage the documents produced and used throughout the life cycle: requirements specifications, functional specifications, architectural designs (structural specifications), detailed designs, source code, testing information, and user and maintenance manuals. DIF supports information management in large systems where there is much natural-language text. The documentation method used by DIF and DIF's structure are described. How DIF is used is discussed, and the DIF environment is examined. Issues that were encountered in the design of DIF are considered.
Year
DOI
Venue
1990
10.1109/52.55233
IEEE Software
Keywords
Field
DocType
detailed design,large system,manage software life-cycle documents,information management,dif environment,maintenance manual,documents integration facility,hypertext system,documentation method,functional specification,software life cycle document,architectural design,large-scale system,life cycle,relational databases,information retrieval,natural language,software systems,functional specifications,software life cycle,operating systems,source code,software engineering,database systems
Hypertext,Information management,Software engineering,Systems engineering,Computer science,Source code,Hypermedia,Software system,Software development process,Documentation,Functional specification,Database
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
7
3
0740-7459
ISBN
Citations 
PageRank 
0-8186-0842-0
44
9.17
References 
Authors
9
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
P. K. Garg1449.17
Walt Scacchi2213104.63