Abstract
Software process data is available in several tools such as version control systems, issue trackers and test and build systems to name a few. Using the data gathered in these software engineering tools would be ideal for collecting different kinds of software processes and product metrics as the data is already automatically gathered by the tools. However, the tools present and store the data in various formats. The data collection methods and interfaces also vary between the tools. This closes the software engineering data into silos and makes it hard to build reusable analysis and visualizations for the data.
In this position paper we present a unified model for software engineering data and a framework for data collection, conversion and storing that utilizes our model. The aim of the model is to define a common format for software engineering data which is not dependent on specific software engineering tools or the software engineering process and thus can be used as a basis for building reusable visualization and analysis components. To demonstrate that we can build reusable visualization plugins on top of the framework, we created a timeline visualization plugin. The visualization plugin is used to visualize two data sets from industrial software projects that have different contexts and semantics.
In this position paper we present a unified model for software engineering data and a framework for data collection, conversion and storing that utilizes our model. The aim of the model is to define a common format for software engineering data which is not dependent on specific software engineering tools or the software engineering process and thus can be used as a basis for building reusable visualization and analysis components. To demonstrate that we can build reusable visualization plugins on top of the framework, we created a timeline visualization plugin. The visualization plugin is used to visualize two data sets from industrial software projects that have different contexts and semantics.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | 2015 IEEE 3rd Working Conference on Software Visualization (VISSOFT) |
| Place of Publication | Bremen, Germany |
| Publisher | IEEE |
| Pages | 150-154 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 978-1-4673-7525-2 |
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| Publication status | Published - Sept 2015 |
| Publication type | A4 Article in conference proceedings |
| Event | IEEE Working Conference on Software Visualization - Duration: 1 Jan 1900 → … |
Conference
| Conference | IEEE Working Conference on Software Visualization |
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| Period | 1/01/00 → … |
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